The technology and accessibility to doing business nationally as well as globally is evident. 

It's just a matter of increasing population, globalization, increased habitat destruction, climate change, and exposure to disease vectors.

Working with them on my first rental property, even with the current global situation.

And trust me, however Trump, corona virus, etc. may feel weird today, China becoming the global leader will make that all feel rather quaint. my2c on the future :)

Maybe more.Most people would be "reasonable" by hanging a line in the laundry room and drying clothes old-school when all reasonable efforts to replace the dryer and stay safe were exhausted during a global pandemic.

We are in the midst of a global recession with many Americans to be permanently out of work. 

Starting to learn about practical macroeconimics and global finance about a year ago has completely changed my life.

Start with STCU, BECU, State Bank, Banner Bank, Global CU, etc.  

I have been following real estate for several years now and actively engage with real estate investors globally, both professional institutions and general portfolio managers.

So if you buy right you add more income to your qualifying scenario, if you buy wrong well then you are digging a deeper and deeper hole or you'll have to just make more money in your day to day job to counter your paper loss on your qualification side of things- With commercial loans they look at "global cash flow," and they generally want all of your cash flow including your job, rentals, businesses, etc to usually cover all your expenses by 1.25X minimum so if you have negative cash flow rentals or are buying wrong theres no guarantee they will lend to you.