I've heard similar fears and predictions for over 15 years...including the global recession almost 10 years ago, yet all the while living here, I've experienced quite the opposite.   

The Lehigh Valley is considered Allentown,Bethlehem and Easton.Some awards won by Allentown In the recent years:2015- Ranked by Fortune Magazine as being among the top 10 best places in the US to relocate corporate finance and Information technology companies.2016- Cited as a “national success story” by the Urban Land Institute for its downtown redevelopment. 2017 & 2018- Downtown Allentown Revitalization District was named 1 of 13 winners worldwide of the prestigious “Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence”.

Home Depot and Global stone have some outstanding tile for $1 to $1.50 plus you can find some blow out sales at Big Bobs, really beautiful stuff. 

They do not tend to like working with newer buyers needing tons of help buying smaller properties for a lower commission check.If you can be more descriptive such as your net worth and liquidity, annual income from job or business, total global cash flow, asset type, deal size, LTV with amount you are looking to put down, area, cap rate expected, fully stabilized or value add,etc.All of these things a good commercial broker will KEY in on to see if what you are wanting to do is readily available or you are looking for a needle in a haystack or wild goose chase type thing.If you are looking to find above market cap rates there are REIT's, pension funds, insurance companies that buy hundreds of millions a year in properties that I can call to purchase in 3 to 4 weeks close all cash.

I am world wide lender we do business globally, from coast to coast in the US. 

Hi, I am a UK resident and am thinking of purchasing a turnkey rental property in Cleveland via Global Investments.

I am employed as a National Account Manager for PPG which is a leading global paint and specialty chemical company.

Globalization - They make me dizzy, but I have bunches of clients looking at multiple markets. 

Plus I like the tangibility of something physical..I'm interested in learning how to structure deals (optimal legal entities, tax implications, risk mitigation), financing options, and have some familiarity with this on a high level (albeit in a corporate and and global context).

Modern free-market capitalist economics is a relatively new field of interest, and global free-market capitalist economics even newer.