I call it the "Jed Clampett" house because it looks like his house before he moved to Beverly Hills or the cabin in the woods in the movie, "Doc Hollywood".

I am sure the Beverly Hills, Rodeo drive, or Santa monica buyer will have different tastes than a buyer in inglewood, eagle rock, or el monte areas.In my experience it has been up to $35-50 to replace roof, siding, exterior paint, landscaping, Hvac, plumbing, and the major components along with the costmetic components mentioned above.

Oh thank you Beverly.

But that might make you in beverly hills, rather than unincorporated LA County.

Bay Area is world class real estate you have to look at Bejing Singapore Hong Kong  Honolulu  Paris London Zurich for comps not the US>  and same with Beverly hills areas of prime so cal..  

But it works in (arguably) all markets.Yes it will be far more difficult to do this in Beverly Hills CA, but not impossible.Jay, you need to realize that it is NOT money that is the bases of motivation.

He does own one Beverly Hills home too but just his personal LA residence. 

Are there slumlords in the Hamptons and Beverly Hills?

It is like Beverly Hills in terms of housing.

Beverly Hills is one example.And Tod R. what are they going to increase sales tax to in Texas, 20 - 30 percent?