They get the most clicks by getting people riled up enough to share it, which gets more clicks.I just opened WSJ's real estate section, and the top stories are all on celebrities' mansions.

Talk about culture shock, LOL....You're not that far away from Oz, why not go there and see how life might be?

Sadly it’s tough to make strong returns with STR in the northern half of the US.I tend to buy in the Southern half of the US for 2 reasons:1) you get much higher year-round occupancy rates in the South & it’s simply tough to earn a good ROI in the North if your place sits vacant for a big chunk of the year2) Culturally, the Southern half of the US seems to be a lot more accepting of STRs regulation-wise.

This next phase is to 1. improve what we have and 2. network for off-market deals.Freedom day and we are celebrating.

That runs DEEP in the American culture, your not going to socially engineer that out in a few months or years. 

The passion, attitude, and culture of Think makes the difference though! 

My general question to all bigger pockets members is as follows: If the bad publicity created by movies such as “San Andreas” and stigmas produced in our culture about the San Andreas fault/1989 Loma Prieta earthquake do not reduce the prices of California real estate currently, how should investors, homeowners, etc. in Oregon, Washington and California feel about the Juan de Fuca plate/the Cascadia Fault expected earthquake to be the big one?

Good thing was I also convinced 3 more people to jump in with me so we can collectively celebrate the success some day, and just root for it together.

Ah... creeping around a bit more and learning the culture/ general layout here a bit more.

Different cultures have different ways of living their lives.. you dont see a lot of other cultures ( at least here on the West coast were we are a melting pot) that have children before they are married..