The city required the road to be extended a few feet, along with water and sewer.

And it's not only homes, it's all the infrastructure a city needs.On the insurance issue, I think this may be the end of national carriers.

We recently received letters 3 years after the fact from the City of Portland.

Quote from @Makani Donaldson: From what I understand, different islands or cities have different rules, and they are getting stricter.

The neighbor was the hottest in the twin cities and this house has 83 businesses cards of realtors who showed the property.

Doesn't cause trouble for you/neighbors/city/police.That's pretty much the sum of it.

There are certainly value-added opportunities in the city.

In Hawaii the debris was systemically removed, wrapped in plastic and disposed at a 70+ acre site the city acquired.

To be honest, I´m in the Maintenance & Construction for corporate businesses for some US companies in Mexico and we do some Real Estate down here also, but it´s way much different than the US, so I have much to learn from a lot of people around here and as @Julio Gonzalez, I think this is pretty much the right pad and place to start and to break my fears to start all over again from scratchAlso, I´ld like to hear more from @Justin Brickman why he voted for his city, pros and cons, it will help to read from a local...As I said before, thank you all guys for taking the time to write in this post and share some experienceDo you plan to owner occupy. $40k will not get you a non owner occupied San Diego property unless you find some unlikely alternate financing.

Out of your list, I suggest the Northern and Western cities you listed (Conroe, Montgomery, and Katy).