I live in Australia and currently hold investment properties here.

@Gareth Meaker you are in a terrible situation over there, hopefully Australia will offer you a worst case recourse.No one is going to be able to answer your question effectively.

HI, I live in Australia, but invest in Indianapolis.

Quick bit about me: I have been going through the Visa process to move from Melbourne, Australia to the great country of America.

I came to Australia about 7 years ago from South America looking for a future and survival of my existence (literally), since Australia's market has become a big financial bubble quite impossible to penetrate, I decided it was best to get into USA since I loved this country when I just a child, I always have.

I am in Australia so it may be different for you but I imagine not by much. 

I am currently in Australia but have lived in the South pretty much all my life.

I'm actually not in Houston now, I'm traveling fulltime, currently in Australia, but BP forced me to put something, so I used my parents' address. 

I invest in multiple markets (Chicago, Cleveland and Australia) and thou it may seem bias I have seen the entry price of a home compared to the rents I'm able to attain you CAN NOT BEAT. 

I have been living in Melbourne, Australia for the last two years.