Either sex, alcohol or trouble with the law.

The number of lots in a community had to do with state benefits concerning many things like voting rights, mill (one tenth of one cent) assessments, alcohol licenses (like the number of bars in a neighborhood with at least 100 lots, something like that).

I do have a backup ice car with 200k miles on it and almost legal enough to drink alcohol.

UT is growing especially Salt Lake and Utah county.Last point Greed is Good, but moderation in all things.

Between the rental income, Principal paid, moderate appreciation and tax reductions against my W2 income they do far better than good old stocks and bonds.

I am a moderately conservative investor who tries to focus on deals that have contingency plans in place if everything goes catastrophically south -- that is, maybe I won't make any money but I definitely don't ever want to lose money.

@Courtney M.I look for houses that are in the middle of moderate and total rehab.

(A-zones requires flood insurance) X-zones are considered low to moderate risk although 20% of all flood claims every year come in these zones.

How about a city with a past record of moderate responses to nationwide factors and with 2 powerful driving factors, and an ongoing commitment to the supporting infrastructure needed to sustain growth?  

Plus fresh water, moderate summers and generally high quality of live is already changing migration behavior.