Urban Exodus is Real (LA 1318)

Transcript:

Steven Butala:

Steve and Jill here.

Jill DeWit:

Hello.

Steven Butala:

Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.

Jill DeWit:

And, I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from sunny, Southern California.

Steven Butala:

Today, Jill and I talk about the urban Exodus is real. People are moving out of where they live for a bunch of reasons that we'll discuss in droves.

Jill DeWit:

I bet people listening to this right now are saying, "Yep, that's us."

Steven Butala:

Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Jill DeWit:

"Yep. We're done. We left." And, I've seen people go far, back to Canada where they came from. Not kidding.

Steven Butala:

Yep.

Jill DeWit:

From Southern California pack up and say, "We're out of here, man."

Steven Butala:

It's real.

Jill DeWit:

With families and kids going and moving with parents.

Steven Butala:

And, that doesn't surprise me. Does this surprise you? That there's this is their reaction?

Jill DeWit:

Not really, no.

Steven Butala:

What I really want to talk about is why?

Jill DeWit:

No, because we've all thought about it.

Steven Butala:

You know what? People, we all should have this sort of mentality like the Marines, adapt and overcome. And, that's all they're doing. Life is throwing some stuff at them for better, for worse and they're making some changes. Hopefully for the better for their family, so.

Jill DeWit:

I think you're right. I would argue that most of them that are doing this, they're going to say "I'm glad I did it."

Steven Butala:

Me too. That's really the show here.

Jill DeWit:

Right.

Steven Butala:

Exodus [inaudible 00:01:23] has been a negative. It could have a negative connotation.

Jill DeWit:

It could.

Steven Butala:

Like, there's a hurricane, a hurricane caused an exodus.

Jill DeWit:

Do you know what's funny? If I wrote all these podcast. topics and the titles. They would be so worded differently.

Steven Butala:

It would be all girls.

Jill DeWit:

Oh, it's hilarious. It'd be, Oh my gosh...

Steven Butala:

What would this title be? People packed up their picket fence and...

Jill DeWit:

No, it wouldn't be like that, but it wouldn't be ugh, whatever that is. It wouldn't be...

Steven Butala:

You want to know the truth? I soften these titles.

Jill DeWit:

From what you really want to write?

Steven Butala:

Yeah.

Jill DeWit:

Wow. Okay.

Steven Butala:

I just think that's the nature of men and women.

Jill DeWit:

This is you softening?

Steven Butala:

Yeah.

Jill DeWit:

Okay.

Steven Butala:

Well, maybe not this one.

Jill DeWit:

Okay.

Steven Butala:

Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free.

Jill DeWit:

Okay.

Lucas wrote, "Hi everyone. One of my goals for Land Academy is to someday return to my home state of Vermont. Is there anyone in this community that has experience in the state of Vermont? If so, I would appreciate some pointers. I had looked into purchasing property for myself over the last few years and I was stunned by the high cost of septic design and build. It's not uncommon for people to spend 35 to $45,000 on a septic system. I am told that mining and new quarry activity has been halted in Vermont. So, the all mound systems need to be transported from out of state and it also drives up the cost."

Sheesh.

"Aside from that land can be expensive there anyway. I'd love to speak with someone who has had success in buying and selling in Vermont. I have a feeling they are a non-solicit state."

Steven Butala:

By the way...

Jill DeWit:

What do they say? I'm curious. Is there a bunch of answers already?

Steven Butala:

Oh yeah.

Jill DeWit:

Okay, cool.

Steven Butala:

By the way, I think this is Headshot Lucas.

Jill DeWit:

I was thinking that too.

Steven Butala:

So, Headshot Lucas, you're incredibly intelligent and this is an awesome question.

Jill DeWit:

Wait, wait,