Corrupt politicians and high property taxes. 

Since you're talking about political issues, you could play politician and tell one group one thing and another group the opposite. 

Gurus will always be around much like politicians.

You are correct that the geography of California made it difficult to leave, but the politicians made it easy.  

Not everyone, trust me, yet sees this risk because the politicians keep kicking the can down the road on tax hikes and cuts (and making the problem, ultimately larger) because they don't want property values to decline and thereby stir up the voters.  

Be transparent, not politician transparent but business transparent. 

Factors-Sunny, great weather 8 months a year, large inward migration.1 Metropolis, lots of empty federal land.Industry-  Aerospace, chips, transportation, construction.Stupid politicians-  really- out politicians are stupider than yours (wherever you are).  

Jim you sound like a bad politician.  

In my experience the 203k loan is there for politicians to pretend they're helping hurting communities and to make contractors rich.

Its so easy to attack an individual or to make generic claims against wholesalers or copy and paste what some state legislator has published about wholesaling (because politicians are complete experts right?)