Not everything in the world lends itself to automation - and this is Exhibit #1.

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

I’m a Houstonian; however, I’ve lived in Miami, NYC, South Korea, and Sydney, Australia - no I wasn’t in the military.

We in Australia are suffering now from your sub-prime meltdown and it is starting to cause a lot of pain, but from what I read not quite as much as in your country.As property investors we are conflicted aren't we?

Anecdotally, while one group has much more money than the other, both exhibit remarkable similarities in irresponsible destructiveness and a necessity for 'parent-like' guidance from me.Because of the future potential of my pond many large investors are pouring a great deal of money into real estate development.

We have contracts for over here (in Australia) but they do vary slightly from State to State - possibly the same in the US, but your legal people should be able to advise on that.You can get access to US standard option contracts, again that may need to be modified to suit your deal, as part of the package available at my website.

I'm an investor from Australia, seeking to begin investing in the USA shortly, so excuse me if my questions seems naive.

:D Here in Australia, it's true that it's been historically difficult to get realtors to present an owner-financed deal to the vendors in such a way that it's likely to be accepted.

(Excuse me if it's a naive question; passing on expenses is possible here in Australia for business premises, but strictly prohibited for residential leases.)

This arrangement is used extensively in Australia (we call it "management rights").