The one place I have not visited but find it intriguing is Australia would like to spend 30 days there with different stops thru-out The kids 1 boy 1 girl never lacked for anything ,Yet they never really wanted much .

Meant to come back to this thread to answer Rich's question, but Ron pretty much echoed what I was going to say with respect to foreign currencies.In my opinion, both the New Zealand dollar and the Aussie dollar are good diversification mechanisms, as their value is tied heavily to the natural resources coming out of those areas (as opposed to being tied to the US dollar).Plus, Australia and New Zealand have proven that they're not too keen on following the actions of the Federal Reserve; correlation to the US dollar is relatively low, and even interest rates are still relatively high in those countries.

Australia) we had a young woman buy an old run down building with us in the old market district.She opened an artsy 'healthy' low cal sandwich shop on the ground floor & we figured in a 'meat & potatoes, beer gut' place like Australia she would fold within the year.Believe it or not she paid off her share of the building in less than 2 years.

how do I check their criminal background. they are from Australia Army and the Austrilia Embassy letter showed that he is working for US army.

I have lived in IRE,Australia and New Zealand.Here is your solution:1) Long Term lease Purchase or 2) Free and clear House w Installment Sale.Get your dream house today.Find an expired listing.Offer 20% down.Good luck!

Hello Everyone, new here from Sydney, Australia.

I'm planning to take my wife to Australia and New Zealand this year.

I also love traveling and have been to Australia, Costa Rica, Dubia, London, Italy and Spain to name a few.Jeremy

We are real estate investors from Australia.

Most of them will migrate to the North Island while the remainder will go to Australia.