I can occasionally make more with a traveling nurse, but then I have more turnover and greater vacancies.

Also BP folks will have meetups occasionally .. those are mainly to just meet people. .Rarebird has an agenda and guest speakers and in depth subject matter.. 

We are not particularly probe to weather events, although we do get the occasional hurricane scare every few years. 

If you don't have family or friends there, find one that is easy to fly to occasionally. 

I am in the FL market but occasionally make my way up to that part of the country.

however, i am keenly aware that certain types of investment schemes (for lack of a better word) tend to end badly....occasionally with out of state investors holding the bag with a loan they've guaranteed on a house that is truly worth maybe half of what the appraisal says (btw, i am not a fan of appraisals...).  

But ultimately most sellers want to walk away with a boat load of cash but occasionally you run into a seller who needs something other than cash.

For days after the storm hit we saw next to zero MLS activity other than maybe the occasional price change.

Some more information would be helpful: -Are you looking to avoid cold and snowy conditions entirely, or are you ok with cold rain and maybe the occasional snow storm? 

I could definitely use it for REI....I made certain to pick one that was going to be useful...hoping that it could be a good compliment to REI, or vice versa.I havent looked into internships, because I do work now (farm mgmt and an occasional flipper).