Ed, I have heard from my Canadian friends that they have seen plenty of Americans going there via Mexico or Canada. 

The authors of the tax code wanted to encourage home ownership, which is supposed to embody "the American Dream".

It’s definitely different from what most people (Americans anyway), are accustomed to, so you’ll need to explain it up front.

The American standard of living is declining and poorer people don’t buy homes, especially when jobs are concentrated in expensive areas and NIMBYism prevents any low cost housing from being built near the jobs. 

There are several the big one I see is the ASHI school(American Society of Home Inspectors) and InterNACHI  (International Association of Certified Home Inspectors). 

There are always 40-45% of Americans who want/need to live in someone else's property.

stated the following:"not being able to demonstrate a history of payments that the vast majority of Americans are making each and every month can actually delay you significantly.When you ask a bank for a loan, especially if you are a first time buyer applying for FHA financing, the lender will want to see the following: Your credit scoreYour incomeA track record of consistent and significant paymentsHere are some examples of payments that you’ll want to have made (consistently) for at least a year if you are looking to get financing for your first property:Item #1. 

@Chris Petzy A new study shows that 40 million Americans live in flood zones vs the 14 million estimated by FEMA.

Consider renting to Americans in Germany.Do you have a rental property and it is within a 30 minute drive from Wiesbaden, Kaiserslautern, Stuttgart, Ansbach, or Grafenwöhr/Vilseck, or Baumholder ?

That carrier, American Modern Home, may write in your state.