labradorinlove wrote:
I am an Australian woman who bought a few investment properties in the USA- Phoenix, Orlando and Las Vegas.I bought a 3 bedroom modern house in Phoenix AZ for $55,000. I employed a tradesman to do a few general repairs on the house. He then recommended I buy 3 foreclosure properties in the same area in Phoenix. He said he…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:
@ Alex – It's also very different in English speaking countries, I would guess. The information you offer is available to anyone who speaks English and wants to do the research and legwork, or can afford and manage his own English speaking team on the ground. The information we offer is only available to local language speakers,…[Read more]

lawsjs wrote:
You are a sick puppy KO… Unless of course you meant to capitalise the Uncle Jack, rather than just uncle… Enjoy the sandpit Alex, no doubt catch up to you somewhere around the world….

That is one of the  coolest thing about real estate is the travel. This coming year will be in London , Singapore , Malaysia , Hong Kong…[Read more]

KnoxOff wrote:

kylermrice wrote:
Jay has a good point, it's hard to make the same mistakes with so many homes in the inventory being bought with cash and IRA's.  Funny u (since when was grammar on the forums so damn important, i use U instead of YOU cause my Generation is more tech and social with how we communicate. Thanks Twitter, hash tag…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:
Sorry, but not everyone who charges in advance is a crook preying on innocent naive investors. Some of us are not wholesalers and do not flip, shortsale or try to promote properties owned by ourselves, and cannot afford to be left "holding the buck". We, for instance, are proxies and buyers' agents, and if we don't charge in a…[Read more]

lawsjs wrote:

Freckle wrote:

lawsjs wrote:
  Firstly I don't see AlexSC as making out the US is easy – quite the reverse in fact. And he knows what he is doing as far as I can tell.  LawsjS You are correct it is not easy but this is  my business and my job .I also own all 3 companies. The point I was making to frickle ( yes I am spelling it…[Read more]

engelo10 wrote:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46538421/Hi all,Just a bit of entertainment for you.I would definetly put my money were this guys says its good to do so.Regards,Engelo

Good read but seriously you know how many USA investment teams like myself will have this posted on their website. Media , marketing and Warren Buffet . Some how they are…[Read more]

worldinvestor wrote:
It's the package deal that's attractive, set up, accounting and legal services, pre tenanted properties, property management and lending. All that sounds pretty good. I don't have heaps of time and it would be nice for someone else to help sort that out. However, as I suspected and as people seem to confirm, there is a…[Read more]

Paullie wrote:
This morning my suspicions were solidified.http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/obama-warns-iran-hes-not-bluffing-over-nuclear-weapons/story-e6frg12c-1226287953031There's a war coming, war means spending.On the subject of "skilled" immigirants, the only reason thats happening is because big business want cheap alternatives, and they…[Read more]

worldinvestor wrote:
I think you'll find this a completely different can of worms. You did ok because it was pure luck not because you understood what was going on. Punts like that are always 50/50. In fact all investment bets are 50/50. You could look at an investment, toss a coin and you would probably have little difference in potential…[Read more]

xdrew wrote:
Bravo Alex SC !!!!* Thunderous Applause *Dont worry .. Freckle is an expert. He's also someone who titles me a snob without reading my posts. And goes on about a doomsday without actually riding to evidence on it. Even if you examine his graph it extrapolates a short term movement onto a long term US schedule. Which is like saying…[Read more]

Freckle wrote:
Alex, forgive me for raining on your parade but lets put you and your business in perspective. It is not raining actually nice out today. Storms passed right by… You and your partner are long time RE agents with skin in the game so to speak.Not an real estate agent took the test but never got my license. I just happen to have a…[Read more]

Freckle wrote:

worldinvestor wrote:
I will do what I always do and will chase the cycles, the next to move will be Sydney,  we are not too far off and I will be loading up.Freckle,  I am only interested in what is happening on the ground, not interested in analysing this stuff it has been done to death.  WI

Those who are selling will be re…[Read more]

worldinvestor wrote:
Hi AlexI am not ready to pack up yet, just makes it damn harder to find those little gems..cheers WI

Hard to say anything with out getting spammed but since I am pulling out of Atlanta and have some inventory left over.  I am going tried to send you a private message look forward to speaking

jbelmore wrote:
Alex I agree the relationships are critical and particularly with overseas investments. But what if your clients met you first in their country (assuming you came out for a tax deductible holiday) and did most of their due diligence on the internet? Cheers David

David I would say at least one trip out  tio the USA at some…[Read more]

jbelmore wrote:
Alex I agree the relationships are critical and particularly with overseas investments. But what if your clients met you first in their country (assuming you came out for a tax deductible holiday) and did most of their due diligence on the internet? Cheers David

Being I am heading to Kuwait in next two weeks and London…[Read more]

Luke B wrote:
Thanks Alex, but yes spider senses are already tingling. Someone somewhere must have thrown down some money to these people. How did it go?

For USA do some simple searches on , Google, Zillow, Trulia and a bunch more free sites. Sure you will get some feed back on who used them from this forum.

Luke B wrote:
Hi all, Looking at some first time investment in the us. I've been looking at a few different companies and at a superficial level us invest seems pretty good. They give you access to a bunch of accountants and lawyers, And set up your accounts and llc. They do charge 4k per property though they come pre tenanted. They've…[Read more]

jayhinrichs wrote:
Let's stir something up

Really  ,stir some thing up. LOL

worldinvestor wrote:
Only two U.S. metro areas have had increases in home values since the peak of the housing market in 2007, and they're both in Texas: Houston and San AntonioHi PeterI don't bother too much with what is written about the US market or OZ for that matter, stats are always rubbery at best.I am interested in what is happening on…[Read more]