Due to the fact that many major markets are experiencing such a shortage in housing, playing on a "free market" and "diversifying housing" resonates with many officials.

You can start part-time while still holding your current job to sustain yourself and then transition to full-time when you're ready.

However, heading into the fall it will be difficult to sustain that momentum in purchases because the lack of supply is already exhibiting a constraint on sales activity.

I just wonder how sustainable the current prices are.  

But, in essence, this is not a sustainable model for the investor/borrower.

The goal setting, faith, tithing, and discipline topics resonated very deeply.

Depends what resonates with you. 

All you need to do is look at steady population growth in these states and whether they have diverse enough economies to sustain - gov't centers, healthcare, and large universities are great indicators.In the Midwest you'll need to study pop. growth more regionally & by the market, e.g.

I would imagine RE investors would have been outraged by this at the time, but would there really have been a sustained boost to property values, and if so to what geographic extent?

Another challenge is keeping your balance sheet in check, and not sustaining major cash flow losses.