My wife gets referred a buyer from our Town Car driver who has been taking us to and from the airport for 15 years.. a Recent Heiress.Looking for high end home.. but no real clue.. long story short she shows ne 4.4 mil house on sat another 6.8 on Sunday on Monday they write up the 6.8  buyer wants to pay full price ..

You literally post daily:“There are other smaller markets like Dayton, Akron, and Toledo, however there is not alot of economic drivers to those areas.”

The driver of these is also the liquidity available, which is at all time highs.

They can't even have their own driver license if is not for their parent/guardian consent! 

But I've owned property in 7 or 8 states and never had to file a tax return in more than 1 state, the state of your primary residence.Now if you want to file as being a resident of say a state with no income tax like FL, TX or4 or 5 others, then you have to be a permanent resident there, live there more than 6 months a year and probably vote there, get a drivers license there, have license plates for your cars there, receive mail there, pay utilities there, etc, etc, etc.

Once we figure that our capital will be protected, then, like researching any market, you look for positive growth drivers, e.g.... jobs, tourism, retirement haven, lack of inventory in a desirable location etc...That will at least get you started on your educational journey in the international space. 

@Lorin K.Although Vancouver is ranked third least affordable in this year's Demographia report; yielding second place to Sidney, Australia, its median multiple {housing price to income ratio} rose from 10.6 to 10.8 meaning things became even less affordable.While foreign investment is a big driver in the frothy Vancouver housing market, it's not the only factor at play.On a national level , Canada held onto the dubious honour of being second on the list of countries where housing is least affordable - the median market remained flat nationally, but improved slightly when just the major metropolitan centres are considered.Toronto - Canada's second most foamy market - saw its median multiple rise from 6.5 to 6.7 - ranking it 330th out of 367 cities in order of decreasing affordability.

I come from a family of truck drivers and, once home, there isn't a lot of options for Owner-Operators and OTR drivers. 

Maybe one of them is the primary drivers or maybe it's all three or maybe it's something completely different. 

You can take a screw driver and gently poke the drywall.