@Greg Kristy Auction isn't the norm in North America...if we were in Australia, that would be a different story.

Hi, my name is Russell from Melbourne Australia and as a builder I have been interested in Real Estate for my entire working life.We own 10 buy and holds, with little negative cashflow and are looking to pick up another 4 positive cashflow properties.

For general knowledge, is your group looking to invest in Australia?

I have had enough of her, I really want her out.Sorry to be so long winded but I am new at managing properties, I have always used property managers in Australia as the norm is to deal with your tenants at arms length.

Also, we live in NC, not Australia-- not sure how that got there!

It's actually how many mortgages are structured in Australia.

;-)I realize that property prices in Singapore, and many other markets around the world (UK, Australia, etc) are very high.

Only time I had issues was luckily in Australia when the company wasn't paying the rent on time and I was able to communicate with the property manager easily and sort things out between my company people in Israel. 

@Anthony Wick I'm from Australia and I use my foreign language gibberish to my benefit.

@Ed McIver Australia charges weekly rent and it works well for them.