Being more affordable than the southeast, allows us to get in with a better basis and potential for growth as more people seek out affordable places to live with strong lifestyle amenities, and convenient travel available: major industries, all major sports, Delta Hub airport."

Many people on this site only are interested in a specific geography.What type of product are you looking for? 

Since I don't want to hijack your thread here, I'm going to start a thread on crazy guests, lol- just so people can vent.

People with cushy government paychecks and benefits and job security.I agree with you that state and Federal losses are not necessarily tied.

Go to local Real Estate meetups and learn from people there

I know a-lot of people talk about house hacking, but not always about the numbers.

People don't believe it comes from the same water source...

That is likely because you are hiring unlicensed people to do the work.  

I did hear, but not via official communication, that ~50 people for mission beach lost their permits for cheating on the lottery.  

Bro, the class action lawsuit is going to give people who file like $13.The only thing changing post August 17th is 1 sentence being added to that listing agreement that says, probably in bold ..."