All Forum Posts by: Julian Kuan

Hi Josh, thanks for your question!  I'm not really looking for a hedge against currency fluctuation (though it is a positive side benefit).  I'm looking for a mixture of rental yields and appreciation -- I've built a model that seemingly has pretty good predictive power and I want to use it.  The problem with a place like Australia is that there aren't many heavily populated areas -- so it's hard to hit everything I want.

Hi Guys!

I'm an Australian data scientist with a keen interest in the US real estate market.  Been building a algorithm to predict housing price appreciation over the past few months and I think I'm ready to take the plunge and buy some properties.  Have some friends who are interested in investing alongside me too.

Had quite a few questions about the logistics of investing in the US from overseas and would love to pick the brains of anyone who has gone through this process before.  My big questions are around just the set up of everything (legal, admin, banks) and getting that first property under my belt.  Also curious about whether anyone has gotten financing, and what types of financing.

Also am very open to connecting to people and discussing housing appreciation and the data that's gone into my model.  I think I can provide a very different perspective in that area -- I've certainly churned through alot of numbers!