Plus this doesn't solve the problem that $300k is a really tight budget pretty much everywhere in LA County except the high desert. 

There was an article last summer about North Killeen becoming a “food desert”.

We just evicted one last month because she wouldn't take care of the weeds in the all rock, desert

Desert Rat Real Estate is the best investor group in Las Vegas.There is a Facebook group for it and I recommend you talk to some of the following fantastic people who show up and and keep it going every month:top 40 under 40 in Las Vegas realtor and LEGEND @Jay Mirandoor BP podcast guest and YouTube celebrity @Spencer Cornelialong time successful real estate marketing expert and entrepreneur @Kurt Brauner 

The inevitable conclusion is that his includes the Rocky Mountains states as well as in the high altitude, Great Basin Desert states.

My husband and I are contemplating purchasing a condo or small house in one of the desert cities (near Rancho Mirage/Palm Springs/Indio/etc.), that we would enjoy in the summer half of the year and then rent to snowbirds during the winter half of the year.

In July, we saw heat waves cook SoCal's valleys and deserts with triple-digit scorchers, not to mention this weekend!

The humidity was killer to desert dwellers.

Vegas.super low maintenance newer construction stucco  tile roofs desert scape.. property tax's 1/3. 

Hi I’m Tanya and I currently live with family in the desert of Southern California and commute to work that is 1.5 hours away.