New member in Australia, buying in Denver, CO

[Josh Keys]

Hi
I am a newbie from Sydney. I am 31 years old and work as an accountant. Am just starting out in real estate investing as I have built up some reasonable equity in my own home.

I am interested in purchasing a buy and hold property in the Denver region and would like to speak to people in the area or on the site in general!

My main goal is to start building a property portfolio in the states, using Denver as a base. I live in Sydney, but will travel over next month to hopefully see some properties, meet some realtors and just get a feel for the areas that I have narrowed down my search to. Hopefully by then I will have built up some contacts on BP to meet up with :) Intending to come to the US once a year for work or leisure anyway.

I am not a intending to be a flip investor. As I am based in Australia, I imagine it would be tough to manage the rehabs required when not there. Interested to hear from anyone that sucessfully make this work though? I am willing to make basic repairs to properties though as required but will no doubt need a good property mgr to make this work.
Interested to hear from other Denver real estate investors!

Josh