They won't just lend because you found a home- they want a well thought out plan for growth, a safe investment criteria and some risk absorbed by you - so they are not in 100% on any one project.

Current growth in Spain would be considered ‘steady’.

Places with high job growth and population growth.

My Strategy: I am looking at steady cash flow and capital growth.

I have a goal at some point to do a new build, but I also needed to continue to grow the business. 

The infinity pool and deck cost over $1mm to build due to the immense caissons needed to support it, and code changes meant it couldn't be recreated or duplicated.

Some are high dividend and some are growth.

I feel this would have been an immensely important lesson to learn so that it could be applied to so many facets of society and politics today.For references, I refer anyone interested to this book, which itself cites sources for its source material for statistics. http://www.amazon.com/Housing-Boom-Bust-Revised/dp/0465019862/ref=sr_1_1?

At the same time, my goal is to grow my own portfolio in buy/hold and flipping.My current growth goal is to be able to double my current payroll income with a combination of passive and active income in the next year. 

The first and most pressing issue is the recent growth of the Airbnb rental market and the subsequent regulation that has been imposed by the city.New York City building code considers any stay less than thirty days (where the leaseholder is not present), "Transient Use", which, in turn, places that unit in the "hotel" category.