The only time I ever deal in paper is when I close and my mobile notary comes to have me put ink on trees.

Looked at Colorado Springs and a few other places, but fell in love with Raleigh for the trees, access to both mountains and beach, and STR does really well here.

A tree house?

The original plan was to buy a place in Joshua Tree and do the same, but he found that it was really competitive and hard to find a place and another issue was with city involvement/coding/ordinance over making certain improvements on property was too restrictive or something along those lines.

In fact a tree has fallen partially blocking the entrance so I'd gather it's been vacant a long time.

Not everyone's cup of tea, but works well for some circumstances.In the end though, consider that using a PM will likely have a significant negative effect on your returns after giving them 30-40%.

Almost any short sale in the a tea is going to have offers over asking regardless of DOM.

when you are a new agent, you are vigorously shaking the tree.  

Frankly, the whole idea reminds me of this story: Woman takes Christmas tree back to Costco in January for a refund because it was dead.

I’m located in Los Angeles and Orange County areas and I’m open to meet and chat over tea/coffee/lunch (I’ll buy!