Ok so how easy or hard is it then as an australian to actually get – for example – finance from a bank in the USA and purchase a property in the USA as well? What are the rules and regulations potentially holding me back

As I’m looking at the stats I can see rental yields are quite high in comparison to the finance cost at 4.5% that I can lock in for 30 years giving me a positive cash flow property and hence not at risk of currency changes.

2nd question is there any good data available online that can show me a historical view say of the last 20 or 30 years of rental yields and occupancy rates for the cities of the USA?

Cheers Grant