Hi Matt, I've tried to use Commerce Bank in the past but their underwriting seems to be a bit too strict for me to qualify in terms of their global income requirements.    

BP has been scaling down their production in Alaska for a while now, which makes sense considering how many assets they have globally.

@Evan McLeishI think TD’s current limit is 7 mortgages through them and 10 globally.

Will it be surprising if big global companies borrow from European banks with negative interest rates and deploy the capital into their “global” portfolio?

I am in my 20s and looking to buy my first rental property (or first property for that matter). I am somewhat fearful of an economic slowdown. I know the fed just lower rates and that got people exited, but the underl...

Mesa ranked #5 in job growth by CityLabCityLab, formerly The Atlantic Cities a digital magazine which focuses on innovation and pressing issues facing today's global cities and neighborhoods, recently ranked the top 10 cities with the fastest growing job markets and fastest growing populations.

San,your comment about Canada and Russia benefitting from global warming is something I have never heard of thought of, but you are so right.

The most important items are the cash flow of the subject property (net income should cover the debt service), your global cash flow, and your personal financial strength.

As in financial markets, you'll probably have 50% of bullish investors and 50% of bearish investors.An objective index I often use to get the feel of a market is the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index.

I graduated from Arizona State and went to work underwriting CRE for a global firm in various capacities in Phoenix.