All Forum Posts by: Lindsay Stewart

Welcome Don!  The U.S. market is certainly a different market from Australia but can be very lucrative even for us as foreign investors.  I am also an aussie and have been investing in the US now for over 10 years.  If i can help at all, let me know!

 Hi Aarati,

Are you thinking of investing in the U.S. market or your first property in Australia?  Yell out if i can help, i have been investing in the States for over 10 years now, from Australia if that is something you were thinking of for an investment.

G'day Craig,

Aussie here!  We investing in both the U.S. and AU markets

Cheers

Lindsay

 Hi  Rajesh, if you are looking for something outside the conventional lending, i would reach out to @Michal Liviatan Carpenter from Lendai.  They specialise in loans for foreign investors and could certainly look to help

Cheers

Lindsay

Hi Bill

Welcome to BP!  good to see other Aussies here as well!  I have been investing in the US for over 10 years based in Victoria AU.  There is some great content here, best of luck with your US ventures and reach out if i can help at all!

Cheers

Lindsay

Hey @Justin Hunt welcome!  Good to see another Aussie here (even if you have defected to the mother country lol )  Best of luck with everything, there are some excellent resources available on here 

Congratulations @Robert Bird!  What a great opportunity :)  I live in Australia and would be curious which game show you won!?  Not that I guess I watch a lot of television, hehe

Investing in the U.S from AU is certainly possible.  The key is  getting a good team on the ground in the area that you are looking to invest in.  As a U.S. citizen it will open a number of doors for you that we, as non resident, foreign aliens don't have.  Access to funding etc will be advantageous to you.

Just make sure to do your due diligence on the people you bring onto your team (realtors, contractors, Property Mangers etc) as you would the properties and areas themselves!

Best of luck!

Cheers

Lindsay

@Erin Chipps Welcome Erin!  Aussie here from Melbourne!  There is some great information here!

Cheers

Lindsay

@Tanya Solomon I will preface this by saying I'm a Aussie, but I see what you mean Tanya and I feel it is more about how we are interpreting the words.

Its rare in AU that a contractor would offer to 'help you out', they certainly will do the work.  But I feel (and this is a gross generalisation) that in the U.S when they say they can help you, it means that they can do what you need... not that they are doing you a favour, which is how we as Aussies, and possibly you, are hearing.

Although having said that, from my younger days in retail and hospitality, we always asked a customer if we could 'help' them LOL

But I certainly see what you mean regarding the phrase

Hi @Zack George, yes as a US citizen, you should have a lot more lending options that we as foreign investors have.  Most private equity lenders would work with you, just need to be careful of their fees and charges.

Not so sure about the banks, most require you to be living in the States, but maybe some will be more lenient?

Managing the properties from afar all comes down to having a good team on the ground where you invest.  You certainly don't want to be doing it yourself, need good property mangers and realtors to assist

Cheers

Lindsay