we all agree that market is high so we need to be more careful in analyzing deal ... but no one knows about market correction time frame... you can study Canada, Australia market... they are keep going up since last 15 years... that can happen to US..?

But because Australia has an estate tax treaty with the U.S., the estate was not subjected to double (estate) taxation & we had adequate Life Insurance in place to cover any & all costs including taxes.Here is the IRS take on it….http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Nonresident-Alien-Estate-Tax-Study-Metadatagood luck

I moved to the US from Sydney, Australia around 2 years ago and the median house price there is $650,000 now.I don't want to blow wind up my own a.. but after living in a very decent area in Sydney my whole life, there is a certain standard in place of where I would like to live and where I wouldn't.My family and I are just in the process of moving into a B class area of Toledo (my perception of B class).

I'm blown away that you are investing in NZ, Australia and the US!

I'm in Australia and I really really hate this place, The ' Goal ' of Moving to America is both hard if not impossible to do legally.Granted I'm sure there's special Exceptions for billionaire investors, but not for starting out Aussies.Regardless gotta keep a positive mindset, I've done enough schooling to apply for the lotto so its in Gods hands now.

Thats not enough seasoning time You could pull equity from Australia and use it to buy here I've done that two times using family members line of credit back in Aus

We reside in Australia and have 2 questions:1.  

Owning 12 rental properties all fully occupied through out the year in Cairns Australia. 

It's pretty common and between people who are supposedly smarter than us, like in the world of private equity and venture capital :P Lots of peeps with MBAs snapping up companies, inflating their value and hoping to hoodwink the next investment group, maybe not stupid and simply duplicitous, but it happens a lot and I guess it's the same principle.I guess it's incredibly common in Australia.

Please look at this link below of a house that I bought in Australia.