The mortgage system is different between the US and Spain in that in the US the refinance mortgages are supported by institutional investors - the largest of them being the US government.

Also, even if you were able to fit in two ADU's (one as an ADU and the other as a recreational building aka "game room" / bar) you have to factor in allowed buildable square footage on the property.

And as just one example: if certain trends continue, the US won't even be the largest economy in just 20 years (nor the leading economic power).

The MD of the largest owner of SFR in the nation had a few things to say about the nearly $3.0b investment they deployed in the past couple of years.

Quite the mix of professional and recreational pilots here!

The area is expanding, new hospitals, new indoor water parks, reasonable good shoping (100 Outlet Stores); most developments have recreational facilities that families find attractive. 

I live close to Philly and I run the largest group of Philadelphia Landlords on FB  - Philadelphia Landlords Connect. 

In the CPI shelter is the largest and a lagging component.

The factors that I assumed would have been beneficial to us are that it’s one of the largest in the area and it’s arguably one of the best locations. 

its when your doing work on them that the issue arises and since I build new construction of course I need one.. but when I was basically the largest foreclosure buyer back In the day I did not have one either and had no clue I needed one.. and I was buying an flipping 100 or so houses a year in PDX market..