So the question becomes what is the most cost effective way to provide an educational opportunity to the masses, the largest population of members?

Have fun.I see he has his strategy in his signatureBusiness Plan: Start, Fail, Learn, Succeed, Repeat...I can guess by his attitude what step he is on.... maybe the step he lists as second "Fail"Before you try to pretend only fools invest in real estate in Michigan, Google: “Dan Gilbert” (owner of Quicken Loans the 2nd largest mortgage company in the US) (owner of Cleveland Cavaliers /LeBron James) in the past 3 ½ years he has bought more than 60 of the downtown Detroit High rises.When I bought the first houses up here, I used to walk among the sky scrapers and look up and hope I could buy and remodel just one.

its one who is not on BP to my knowledge but one of the largest there

I'd think it would be naive on our part to think that any regulator dealing with this issue would not be aware of the largest RE investor site on the internet, don't you?

Originally posted by @Ed Wood: convert blighted areas to farmland and it might this is already happening: http://inhabitat.com/hundreds-of-vacant-detroit-lots-to-become-worlds-largest-urban-farm/ Tom N. well said.

Ranieri and his team raised nearly $1 billion through a CMBS transaction for Olympia & York, one of the largest developers in the world at the time..."

CA (especially socal) would likely be on the list of "least risky" markets to invest in for a number of reasons - one of the largest economies in the WORLD, great weather, many that wanted to leave have already left, many actively speaking up on how poorly run the state is which should eventually fuel change for the better, many COVID restrictions are behind us, etc.

We're the largest supplier to the US in the western hemisphere.

Will be 5th largest city soon!

Almanor of course is going to be very cold much of  the year.Tahoe well that one will bust your budget for water front :)So many of the lakes in CA are man made Clearlake is the largest natural lake in the State and natural lakes generally have a nicer shoreline.. were man made lakes damned up big canyons and can have very steep shore lines and subject to huge swings in how full they are in any given year.Lake Chelan in Wa is awesome awesome... you can buy lake front thereAlong with the big lakes out of Spokane WA...