Tamara Hughes Gustavson, the largest shareholder in Public Storage Co., officially decamped her Malibu residence for her horse farm in Kentucky.

California always has had higher cost of living which has been supported by its status of the “Golden State”, land of umpteen opportunity for wealth creation, Job creation and business creation making it the fifth largest economy in the world.

I’m hoping to find a great channel manager/PM system that has a great calendar functionality to sync with my owners calendars automatically.

But there are other loan programs out there - conventional (all major systems have to function), hard money, portfolio lending and FHA 203(k) rehab loans.You could minimize your losses by going this route. 

They both have very stringent rules they follow on what the house has to have functional and up to date to pass the inspections and appraisal. 

If you narrow your search function to "Rent" on their website, you can see what properties in your area are going for.

Over the least year I have 4 other out of state single family homes, in a small (but not tiny) midwest city which I deem to have a long term stable market (national average population growth, diverse stable economy, largest city for some distance, has both hospital and university, low crime).

Sometimes public sewers are available at the road and people don't hook into them until there is a problem (Why add an expense to replace a perfectly functioning system)?

Your largest fee is your taxes....nothing you can do to change the taxes.

**I do not believe NC considers a non-functioning air conditioner as a property being inhabitable (please consult a lawyer and North Carolina tenant-landlord laws.)