It may simply be that with the advances in technology, education, access to information on a global scale has made it possible for more folks to find a path to becoming millionaires and even billionaires.

Here we are today, and if those people had spent as much time and energy focused on investing as they did on "preparing for the end," they'd have made a lot of money over the past few years.Nobody knows where the economy is headed, and even economic geniuses can't account for the non-monetary factors that influence national and global markets.

There are 10 Hotspots...http://www.inman.com/reports/global-buyers There is an association you need to check out for resources...Asian Real Estate Association of AmericaFounded in 2003, the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) is a nonprofit professional trade organization dedicated to promoting sustainable homeownership ...areaa.orgWhile here check out 3 different local REI club meetings, connect in advance with the President and vendors listed to get going.Go to a couple of landlord association meetings, look for distressed owners.Remember you are here to build your team, realtors, attorney, inspector, property manager, bird dogs.Follow below to get a better head start on the REIA meetings.Paul

That is a helpful link, I will try and find a canadian site similar to the one you posted.

There is an French Canadian expression which, roughly goes, "Instruction is what you receive at school, education is what you learn at home."

Not sure what year they used as their =100 baseline, but the takeaway for me is the country to country comparison.Here Canadian Teranet data (similar to the US Case-Shiller index using matched-pair sales of single family homes) shows house prices have risen at a much faster rate than Canadian per-capita GDP, per-capita income, rents, or inflation.

We used to be top 5 in good things, education, (now way down list), #7 in influence globally now-used to be #1.

I am looking for investor financing for myself (Canadian) and for several offshore investors who want to purchase Florida properties, preferably with less than a 25% downpayment.

I’ve heard countless stories about Canadians bidding up properties in the Phoenix market and hedge fund representatives paying 95% of retail for properties at auctions all over the nation.

It's been a long battle but low and behold she was finally approved for the new plan that Chase, BofA, Wells Fargo, etc. has going (Global Settlement Act *I believe).