(My snow load is engineered to 55 lbs !!)

I strangely take a lot of comfort in the fact that MTV chose Austin as the home of one of their Real World Seasons.I was somewhat indecisive between Austin and Denver, but the Austin area has one the nation's best school systems and no snow ( I figure when seniors move for retirement, theyd rather have a little heat than have to deal with snow).

@John Snow,Are you planning on paying cash for the home?

I have bush hogged a 1/2 acre of bamboo , installed lots of drainage , replaced 4 water lines to houses , tore down that building , rototilled 11 lawns , cut my lawn and field . plowed snow (great for walks) .

However, looking at the current investment landscape, traditional options appear pretty limited.

Our houses don't follow biggerpockets "traditional rules" because of are area, living situation as goals!

The traditional bank financing market only services about 19% of the population at this moment in time. 

White with the green is a traditional color scheme.A rich gray color with white trim, and gray roof would look really nice.

This allows for locations that have different weather, different seismic activity, snow loads, etc... to adjust the code to fit to their local conditions.  

Previously I have purchased my properties with traditional financing 20% down.