And we are seeing a majority of retirees, so jobs are not their driving force.

LHC is definitely primarily a tourist/retiree town. 

and we were a Bay Area Syndicator.. its a natural progression in that part of the world LOTS of retirees move to the foothills. 

I interviewed felons, single moms and retirees.

I called a lot of people who were Coop experts and al said I was screwed because the investor ratio in the complex was over 57%I dropped my price all the way to $45k and sold it cash to a retiree who was downsizing.

They're mostly CA retirees, think the scenario is like this.

Money Mustache has great content on the more technical side of what it takes to achieve financial freedom, Mad Fientist has some great calculators to see when you can expect to become financially independent based on your expenses and investments, and lastly Go Curry Cracker is a great blog about location independent living from two early retirees.

The biggest deal is retirees and artsy-fartsy types bringing their cash from NY, NJ, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, etc and being amazed how far $300k will go here.

@Robin Waters Yep I completely agree, if tourists and wealthy retirees are willing to pay more for things around here, they'll be expensive.

It has now been  over 3 years.I am seeing that there are many early retirees who succeeded in building a portfolio of real estate generating a nice monthly income that required less capital to achieve so I want to start learning about it.