Being a born and raised Southern California guy, it's always amazed me that people are willing to over extend themselves to live in California where we have the highest state income tax of any other state, home prices are some of the highest in the country and obviously it's not cheap to rent here either, but peeps want the sunshine, etc. lolBased on an article in Forbes surrounding the 5 Best and Worst Cities for Affordable Rents, here were the findings: (Not sure if this information matters much OR will help other RE investors make informed decisions on where they choose to invest for BUY/HOLD properties, but I'm a believer that we all need to be educated and informed, and share with one another, so here you go)  The 5 worst U.S. cities for affordable rent#5 Orange County, California (Average Rent: $1,900; Rent as a share of income: 28%)#4 Los Angeles, California (Average Rent: $1,940; Rent as a share of income: 37%)#3 Manhattan, New York (Average Rent: $3,500; Rent as a share of income: 54%)#2 San Diego, California (Average Rent: $1,750; Rent as a share of income: 30%)#1 Miami, Florida (Average Rent: $1,390; Rent as a share of income: 36%)The 5 best U.S. cities for affordable rent#5 Columbus, OH (Average Rent: $850; Rent as a share of income: 17%)#4 San Antonio, TX (Average Rent: $910; Rent as a share of income: 20%)#3 Kansas City, MO (Average Rent: $870; Rent as a share of income 16%)#2 St.

Or triple whammy put in the ear buds, put the little ones in a stroller/bike trailer and enjoy some of that beautiful St George sunshine.

My surface area is just far too large to get done quickly so I think my best bet is to wait it out until I get 48hr of <90 degree sunshine. 

With 340 days of dry sunshine a yea or so, it has the best weather in Europe, including the best winter weather in Continental Europe by far.

It's not always sunshine & rainbows.

Fabrics - wash with white vinegar and air out in sunshine.5.  

There is very little that can go wrong, I already did sunshine 811 and have utility locations sprayed.  

I got blasted the other day for publishing the 25 megapolitan areas and mentioning how important sunshine is.

Since then life has been pretty crazy and I did an update 2 months ago on what has been going on ( http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/178935-it-has-been-8-months-since-i-left-my-job-and )Life is still crazy, especially since we just got back from Mexico and are leaving for a two week trip to Europe this week… but I foresee a more steady and manageable pace moving forward.It hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows.

I know it’s not all rainbows and sunshine in this business but wondering how common this is?