We were initially looking out of state for a potential move and or investment property just because the property taxes without being able to homestead, plus high cost of insurance, and harsh weather on homes made me feel like it might not be worth it.

I am wondering how much expected weather of an area impacts your decision to invest in a specific area.Recently looked at Census data which shows that people are predominantly moving to Florida and Texas.

I wanted to know if there was anything other than the weather that drew people to California.

I believe that the technically correct answer is that they all moved from California to Texas and Florida, whereupon they realized that it gets extremely hot and humid in those places, has extremely variable weather, and large insects, and are now leaving Texas and Florida. 

Tornado, wind, hail, flooding if in a low spot, general weather related.

Sorry to be so harsh, but she sounds like a scammer and you sound like a sucker. 

I use the Samsung SmartThings hub and it allows me to add and remove guests anytime as well as lock and unlock, monitor battery health, look at logs etc etc.Plus the lock itself is looking great after 7 years in Idaho weather and it is in full sun for at least 6 hours a day.

Quote from @Donnie Jones: The harsh truth is that wholesaling is a job, not a means of investing.

And before we cry "weather, but MN is cold weather in winter":California has 6.24X the homeless of Florida. 

That said, even with conservative rental income estimates, my living expenses would eventually drop to several hundred dollars less than what I’m currently paying in rent once the house hack starts generating income.I do have cash reserves to weather some rough patches, but the idea of pushing my budget this hard makes me uneasy.