DHCP wrote:
As a buyer's agent, a good way to start your market research here in this forum?  

Absolutely. We want to hear from people that have or might be investing in the US in order to find out what the specific issues are. AND in return, we are more than happy to give some free advice!

Where to buy in the US is dependent on so many factors. The first thing we ask is “what do you want to achieve?” and work from there. There are so many market which is why we diversified our service locations to cater for different types of investors.

You always pay for a rental guarantee in the purchase price or it is not legitimate.

Much better to put strategies in place to reduce your risk of vacancy ie. buy in the right area – check out current vacancy data, crime rates, employment trending etc. Price your rent accordingly (we have seen on so many occasions, sellers putting in a tenant on…[Read more]

wobblysquare wrote:
A more useful resource, if any one knows of it, would be an idea of rental vacancies. By zipcode…any ideas on this would be appreciated.

Zip code will give you some indication, but in many areas you will really need to drill down to certain neighborhoods within a particular ZIP. Local buyers agents/realtors will be able…[Read more]

Everyday32 wrote:

USpropertydirect wrote:
Everyday32, Great questions and I could go on all day to provide a detailed answer. I guess there are some general "rules" when looking at investing in US property. First, identify what you want to achieve (ie. whats your strategy, how long do you plan to hold, do you have a bias towards income or…[Read more]

Everyday32,

Great questions and I could go on all day to provide a detailed answer. I guess there are some general “rules” when looking at investing in US property. First, identify what you want to achieve (ie. whats your strategy, how long do you plan to hold, do you have a bias towards income or capital gains). This will determine where to…[Read more]

Where to buy is largely dependent on your short, medium and long term investment goals are. In assisting our clients, its important to know firstly what their strategy is. ie. buy a couple of income properties, put aside excess cash flow to fund (or create the basis of) more property when lending becomes available, or buy property with a 3-5 year…[Read more]

Deciding where to buy property depends on so many different factors: Just to mention a few: budget, bias to cash flow or capital gain, how long you intend to hold onto your property for, risk profile (very important – no investment is worth losing sleep over), whether you plan to physically visit your property and how often…etc.

For long term…[Read more]

Sorry to hear about your experience. When choosing a company to assist you with your USA purchase and subsequent management, you should expect that the majority of the work is done for you, by competent people. This is what you pay for. As someone who heads a company that also offers these services, there is some advise which I would like to pass…[Read more]