In my part of the country it gets cold in the winter.

A class-action lawsuit filed last week in a Texarkana federal court alleges one of the country's largest manufacturers of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products is selling equipment it knows to be defective.""

Just to give you some areas to look into: the Wekiva and Sweetwater neighborhoods, Bear lake Rd area, and Country Creek neighborhood (1000+ homes) are all in highly desirable school districts.

I had assumed that since they each had students across the country then their blanket statements covered California as well.

@Joshua Fu  To your question about high property taxes, yes NJ has among the highest property taxes in the country.

.; and some of them had set up BP meetups in other countries.

Bad enough trying to break into it in your back but compound that with doing it from half way across the country. 

He didn't respond.I network with hundreds of property managers around the country and most of us will not rent to attorneys.

I have some family in Tennesse, Georgia, North Carolina etc. and I am looking to invest in some or all of those areas and any others in that region of the country that are more affordable to get into.I am learning about and looking for properties to buy, update and hold for cash-flow, but am open to learning all investing techniques.

Start in a friendlier part of the country to learn the ropes, then if you're still interested in Vegas, you can try it with your more advanced knowledge.