Coast would be nice but coast costs 2MM+ and I cannot see it making sense for STRs.

We want to buy a primary residence in the Ken Caryl/Littleton area in early spring 2023 with the intent living in it for 3-5 years (most likely closer to 5) and then renting it out completely when we move back to the east coast. 

My territory spans from Pittsburgh to Meadville along the western side of PA (feel free to check out my zillow). 

Three months after closing, the pandemic hit and I was faced with losing my job, so I flipped it and moved to the west coast.

Working with on a cost seg study for a client on the CA central coast right now!

Like a few of the others who have posted here, I'm also an agent in the western suburbs (from Wheaton, right down the block).  

I live and invest in Columbus OH and would highly recommend it to people on the west coast where prices don't make sense for you.

It is worth $612,100, my monthly cash flow is $5579 (net operating income is $7079).These are both older dated houses, but I did a Welcome Book for the STRs that uses that 1960s vibe as part of my Space Coast theme. 

If someone's net worth is say 1 million and then jumps to 5 million a lot of them take the foot off the gas and just coast with investments to outpace inflation.

Plus another main factor is at least on the west coast the title companies have their own title plant a duplicate of the county courthouse and many are off shore so the title work is really done in the phillipines reviewed by the title officer and then given to the escrow officers to send to client.