“With rates no longer near historic lows, buyers are increasingly cost-conscious, seeking more affordable homes in low-tax states in the South and middle of the country.”Moving Out – Metros with the Highest Net Outflow of Redfin UsersSan Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Denver posted the highest net outflows in the third quarter.

The market we are in is Seattle WA, King Country. 

When searching the country for strong real estate markets, we look for a combination of job growth, population growth, and affordability.

Anyway, the point of this is to say you cannot apply the same strategies touted on BP to other countries or for that matter the desirable areas of the US either (like California or New York or Seattle etc).

Sure enough a friend of the family is in the process of packing up their lives and moving to another part of the country to retire.

Perhaps a three, four hour drive from where you live is suitable, but going into another part of the country is really making things harder on yourself than they need to be.

Rules of thumb are stupid because they are market sensitive and what makes sense where Brandon lives might make no sense where you live on the complete other side of the country.

Interesting topic, but as ugly as the debt ratio may be, I think we are fine as we are still in much better shape than other countries in relative terms.

Since they are used to dealing with out of country investors they could be a good resource for you if you're interested.

They likely will not be good quality but they exist all over the country.