The lifestyle, weather, etc are perfect for me and I'm so grateful to be living here!

Note that water penetration is not limited to flooding from rising water levels on the ground in a weather event.

Suddenly everything bad that could happen to him began to happen, he was sick, the weather was bad, he had car trouble - any reason he could think of to not go into work.

We're right next to CA but get the benefits of no state income tax, 4th lowest property taxes, much more friendly landlord/tenant laws, no serious weather, proximity to Lake Tahoe, stable job growth/population growth, etc. 

I think the dogmatic view may be the source of resistance--that because it happened in Sep/Oct, therefore it'll happen again.

We are attempting to get an eviction date, but could not pass a lead paint inspection because the weather is so cold in Cleveland that the paint will not dry.

That would be like claiming people should ignore speed limit signs because they don't advertise the road, traffic or weather conditions.

Weather cools, people are busy with school, resting from summer, prepping for the holidays, etc.

We don't have the Midwest weather, high property tax, old homes, high insurance, high maintenance, or state income tax.

Also the fatal flaw with books is they're written at a point in time, which means they are not necessarily related to today.Still can learn a thing or two, but I would resist the urge to follow the book that hard.