But still, I'm getting it done, much more than I could have imagined some twenty ago before my first property rehab.Newbies, WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY.

Speaking as a native Californian who has lived in Mississippi for twenty years, yes there are great opportunities here, but buying there can be very tricky if you don't know what you are doing.

Anyone remember seeing those signs, "Twenty Degrees cooler inside"?

They found a cavity in the foundation with the cash mentioned in used twenty-dollar bills with random serial numbers wrapped in opaque plastic food wrap, and a sealed Home Depot Homer bucket behind it.

High appreciation markets are generally for investors who would have a higher risk tolerance and do not need cash flow now, whereas high cashflow markets are for people who need immediate money and  ready to put higher effort to realize that (compare buying and managing twenty 50k per door houses in low priced market for cashflow vs buying one house for 1MM and managing one tenant  in a high priced market for appreciation). 

Fort Bliss, one of the largest Army bases in the country.Sizable Student MarketThe University of Texas at El Paso is one of largest colleges in the state, there are over twenty thousand students at UTEPHigh Demand for Affordable RentalsThe median household income for the US is roughly $55,000.

We have gone from decades of roaring economy, but now its softening.

Like a lot of people in my generation, I worked really hard in school and and all-out in my twenties.

Folks at the bowling alley thought we were poor.Wrote a check for 160k (all saved) to buy a bigger house for the family twenty years ago. 

Retiring in your twenties is amazing!