They also look at GCF (Global Cash Flow) which looks at your personal financial stmt, credit score, taxes, w2's. 

(although I think they had a hue lawsuit and major issues here in central OH with Corcoran Global last summer, don't really know what happened but thats a totally diff post).

Your local government will take 100x more room your investments than global warming.

I have a lot of friends in real estate here, and right now the market is RED hot with tons and tons of Canadians moving down here.

There's a decent groups of Canadians here.

It has been around in some capacity since then, whether in sci-fi novels or as a buzzword thrown around Silicon Valley, as the next big revolution that was perpetually around the corner.However, the time has now come when it’s set to disrupt the real estate market, and other markets, both in the USA and globally.

But there is def cycle for each state. the cycle is actually a Fed rate cycle so it's all global, demand/supply are very different now in every city/state.

Blackstone in it again.https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/blackstone-take-tricon...Jan 19 (Reuters) - Investment management company Blackstone (BX.N), opens new tab has agreed to take Canadian real estate firm Tricon Residential (TCN.TO), opens new tab private for $3.5 billion, the companies said on Friday.U.S.

When it comes to the US, I'll let American members answer that question as they know better since I'm Canadian.

There was a GLOBAL point, in the GLOBAL answer to this ALL-ENCOMPASSING question, that as said at start relates to O.P. question.