Your only location requirements/desires are as follows: Must have warm weather 9+/mo out of the yearMust have good - strong job market (UI Developer/Nurse)Must have relatively low cost of living (unlike the Bay Area)Should have healthy real estate market (rentals and flips)Here are your long-term objectives/goals: Purchase at least 10 acres of land to build a small house and start a small permaculture farm Become financially independent in 10 yearsEstablish the financial foundations for generational wealthGiven this financial standing, these location requirements/desires and these long-term objectives/goals, and a year to plan/move: Where do you move to and why?

Same to you, stay safe and healthy.  

That will allow me to use the most precious commodity, time, for healthy and important things. 

I suspect most landlords here, myself included, view blanket efforts to halt the rule of law and the protection of basic property rights with healthy skepticism if not outright anger.

But if you buy at the right price you might not get appreciation per say but you may get the market just returning to a stable healthy price.

That is storing your money in a place where someone has already baked in all the costs plus a healthy mark up.

However, there are also other indicators that show a very healthy economy like low unemployment, growing GDP, low PPI, and a recovering/lowering CPI... 

People, even in this economy, would give you a healthy penny for it.  

After mentoring dads for 30 years, I've realized that children (young or adult) want/need: (1) role models of integrity, and (2) healthy relationship with their parents (plenty of affirmation!).

So if you have need for a liquid emergency fund for your health, I don’t think you should play with that portion by buying properties.