I currently reside in the UK and thought of International investment because of the more lucrative opportunities and smaller investments relative to 'back home'.

But statements like "don't you wish you could have bought your parents house for what they paid" imply the same kind of long term time frames.Immigration is a significant source of population growth, and yet there's strong anti-immigrant sentiment in the US.I too think Vikram's thesis has some support.

I invest from the UK as we cannot get the same kinds of returns here.

We purchased a couple of turn-key rentals during the 10 years we were in the UK, using savings from tax-free, combat zone, hostile fire pay, tax returns and whatever else we could scrape up.  

Population growth (natural and immigration) is out stripping the increase in housing stock.

i do not have the time to become a landlord so my idea was to not buy to rent but more to do wholesale or fix&flip.Are there maybe any real estate investors that read this that are from the netherlands or the uk that i can maybe add to skype orso?

Current properties, except for 2, are run-down, poorly-maintained, disgusting, and have everything from working class immigrant families to meth-heads.  

All the tenants are somalian immigrants that work at a meat packing facility here in wisconsin.

I am a new investor and came across hotel investments in the UK, with a contracted leaseback that pays 10%/year with a 125% buy-back option at 10 years.  

Immigration is still robust.