BiggerPockets

It's simple. It's the barbeque...

Others may say that Texas has been adding jobs and population at a steady rate without the excessive run up in real estate prices. There is a nonprofit web site you can find if you search Texaplex that will explain the attraction to Texas.

Go Cowboys!

It's us yankees who start wondering right about this time of year if we can sell everything and have a cash flowing portfolio set up by November. The uh...."scenery" down there isn't so bad either. I think they put must cattle hormones in the school system water.

Lee will jump in on this one so I'll just give him a shoutout. I'm getting down there soon for some fishing once it cools down up here and I need to escape some winter. I'll be giving you a holler.

The reality is that red states, on average, tend to cashflow better across the board. Don't ask me to explain why but it's just a phenomenon that works.

Tim

Originally posted by Tod Radford

It's simple. It's the barbeque...

And the Tex Mex!

Originally posted by Tod Radford

Tim, I've thought the same thing about red states vs blue states. Do you suppose its a union/political thing? Basically, interference with private enterprise? Or the type of industries that red states attract?

btw, we had a cool front come through. Today's high only mid 90's!

Don't think it's union because Indiana's heavily unionized.

I have a totally unfair concept that will piss off the liberals on here and it's based on one party constituency's susceptibility to consumerism (aka overpaying). I can't pin it on that though. Out here folks overpay for a used 4x4 all the time. :lol:

I think what may be a factor in it though is that higher "prices" leads to higher property taxes - but more social services. Where I'm at, I don't have as many municipal pools, skating rinks or community organizers as a typical Chicago area suburb....but I'm paying 1% property tax and "prices" keep tax assessments low - thus cashflow up. Those of us that really want a pool can buy our own 2 to 3 times over each year for the difference in property taxes on a 3 bedroom home here vs. Chicago area.

Now you have me thinking if it's not red states, but red counties because I do know of some very conservative counties in Illinois outside of Cook that cashflow well....