European patio with a hot tub and gorgeous view of the mountains keeps it booked!

Your European example is real.  

The European banks are traditionally a bit more "conservative" so we do have build up a solid investment case to maximize leverage.

Most major news sources seem to only cover real estate news when something drastic happens so I'm looking more for daily market news.

@Adam Kuszczak most major metro cities will follow the same pattern...the "inner city" will be largely original housing stock...late 1800s to mid 1900's...developments typical radiate from the city center with age...so, 1950's through 1980's built properties are usually 3-5 miles from city center with the newest concentration of properties outside of interstate bypasses (usually forming a circle or partial circle around metro areas)...there is infill building and exceptions to these rules, but property age will be your #1 determining factor of where the properties you are targeting will be located.Building materials and methods of construction (along with codes) were very different from one decade to the next, but homes are surprisingly sturdy and most anything can be fixed.

You'll need to contact the right kind of bank to do it (most major banks won't lend in this manner).

Permits also = higher assessed value, so trust me most major cities are broke and they're looking hard for the cash.

West Jackson   you have C class blue color pretty tough to manage area of rentals  South Jackson  you have nicer predominately homeowners in north east and north Jackson but the value between the neighborhoods can be substantial yet the demographics are all the same. .. so within the same race there is neighborhood segregation .. just like older NE cities that segregated by European ethnicity  IE Germans lived here the Polish lived here the Jews lived here the Italians  lived here. 

Is it complicated for Europeans to get a loan in Mexico ?

On the other hand, the US has shown a steady increase in its absolute occupancy reaching an average of almost 50%, performing better than the European average.