Ryan,

I’ve looked into US Invest as an option previously. Despite being an initially extremely attractive option, the fact that I am utterly unable to independently verify the house you are selling means it is simply a no go. I’m putting a lot of cash at risk here, in a foreign country to boot.

All that value you describe as being part of the $995 initial fee sounds great, really. I’d love all that stuff to be sorted.
However, given that there is no way of knowing what I’m getting myself into without ponying up a thousand backs, I just can’t go ahead. For all that I know you’re relying on people who know little and adding significantly to the house price before selling it on to them.

All this secret squirrel exclusivity business is honestly off putting, everyone else I’ve looked into has been pretty easy to do cursory evaluations on. Sold house are on their web site and their sale prices verifiable on Zillow.

I’d love for you guys to be on the level, especially considering the financing options you recently advertised.
But you need to prove it.

Seriously, i don't think you could. Apologies if my intent was ambiguous. mostly i was trying to see how much information I could extract. I recon I could have found the house had I enough patience.

I would be hesitant to run with these guys, I've made my decision to not use them, take from that what you will.

I did speak to them about finance though. what they told be is that they set you up with a llc and then using the ein number set up a hsbc premier account (though you'd need $100k USD to do it). you can then get lending via hsbc. they also mentioned some private  lending at circa 7%, with the intent that you'd use that to build up credit then move to a national bank with better rates.
you could also just get a hsbc premier account in Oz, though the entry requirements are steeper.

Caveat: I'm pretty new at this, so I may say something pretty daft