Wealth' is an abstract concept, because wealth is held in the perception of the value of assets.

Just some food for thought.Regardless of buying in rent control or not, I also recommend you and @Ben Wakefield read past publications from the Apartment Owners Association (AOA) in CA to start learning, their magazines always have lots of great articles (aoausa.com).

I have no doubt there are those that do this.. but they are risking federal crimes... one might want to just follow this one.. and see who ends up owning it ( check public records) then see who ends up living in it... easy enough.. the that will answer your question.. and if you think some local investor is not playing by the rules you can follow your conscience on that one. 

And don't buy any snow jobs, the are required to know who paid their taxes and who didn't and it is public info, just may require you do so digging.

@Mike Gallagher In the two markets where we have rental properties in Colorado, our Realtor was able to go to a website and check public records for any properties that had been connected to Meth.

Much of that is perception.

It sounds like I have a couple of options.http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/real_estate/rebates.htmlMy brokerage said that I can rebate a portion of my commission.

My perception is that it is somewhat less risky for a rehab because your intent is to resell at the end of the work, thereby paying off the HML lender. 

79% increase right now.

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:TWTR

Market cap of $25B, trading at $46/share.

For reference, Facebook has a market cap of $118B, Google has $339B, and Tesla has $17B...

Also I don't want to wait for inventory and appraisal because I'm seeing properties been listed on the mls right after proof of publication is issued to court