(this is why the returns are so low where I live in Australia, or in places like SoCal, San Fran NYC etc).

Back in Australia, I bought land when I was 22, I used the loan as a forced savings account, put everything to it, should have built on the land (prestige estate, but didn't want the extra debt.So I held for 5 years and was only just able to offload it albeit @20% more than I paid...4% a year, loan was locked in @8.75%, a term deposit with the bank would have yielded 6%.

I've heard of others having trouble transferring funds out of their US bank accounts because they haven't set everything up properly and the bank wants them to come back into the branch to increase transfer limits, etc.Has anyone had experience with https://afex.com/australia/ Apparently you can have your rent paid directly into the account, held in US dollars, can make payments out of the account and you only get hit with the spread on the foreign exchange when converting back into AUD.

I've also run a business in the socialistic country of Australia and we here in Seattle are making some strides towards socialism. 

I am a very experienced investor in Australia and USA over 15 years.

there is a famous case  ( at least in Australia were US and AU marketers were truly abusing investors from AU) AU investor did exactly what you did.. bought a unit... decided to take his 6 week vacation to Detroit and do the work himself.  

I come to the US by way of Sydney, Australia and London, UK and my wife is a US native.

I'm from Australia and can not wait until i start to invest in USA.

Here in Australia we have a site called airtasker.com.

Mehmet, congrats on finding a plex that works at the top of the market as Australia, Canada, China (and some parts of Asia) and So Cal are on the down.