ANd to also add fuel to the fire, the Fed government recently inflicted a country-wide policy that any potential borrowers need to qualify for their locked in interest rate, plus 2%, this was put in place to cool the runaway RE prices in certain parts of the country, namely Toronto and Vancouver. 

I have some family in Tennesse, Georgia, North Carolina etc. and I am looking to invest in some or all of those areas and any others in that region of the country that are more affordable to get into.I am learning about and looking for properties to buy, update and hold for cash-flow, but am open to learning all investing techniques.

In some areas of the country most sell above the asking price

As with many areas in the country there are sink hole problems throughout different areas.

There are of course some differences and some similarities, between investing in the States and investing in other countries.

Looking for land markets across the country that are v liquid with high level of speculative investors and buying/selling activity. 

@Stephanie Beard  this is a total SCAM  ,  its the same as the Nigerian ( I need help with getting 10 million out of the country.)No one invest like this.. they will identity theft you is what will happen.. or they will then come back with you have to buy this security bond from a company in Thailand for 5k then the money will come. etc etc.I had an acquaintance place an add in craigs list in middle east ,  and Asia looking for money partners.. and she got bombarded with these exact same type of replys.. they can be some what convincing but they will at the end of the day try to get small dollars out of you.Again there is absolutely ZERO chance anyone is going to invest a large sum of money with someone they met on the internet and further as you claim have no real experience or funding already behind you.. 

The interesting thing about this article is that its statistics also suggest that people who are renting should be buying - but that is also great for people with rental properties because the values of those properties will continue to be pushed higher than they already are in what most are describing as a heated market across the country. 

If 17% of the transactions don't happen, it will have an effect on markets.All real estate is local, and while certain areas of the country have had good recoveries, its not universal. 

I'm often looking on Pinterest for ideas, but BP would be the perfect platform to create a resource for investors to share their completed projects and design ideas all over the country.