I'm currently in Australia on a family visit, though I will review the contract upon arrival back in the USA.

My wife and I wanted a cash flowing asset to pay my US student loans so that we did not have to transfer money from our home in Australia.

[Oh, and don't tell anyone, but I'm STILL in Australia - Melbourne].

I live in Australia.My friend and I both found an investment opportunity with a agent (based in Australia) selling mini-motel rooms for a builder/developer (prefabrication modular housing) to house employees in the oil industry in the Bakken oil region in North Dakota, near the town of Williston.

My dad lives in Australia, and it seems like all their nicknames for things have a vowel on the end.

I get Australian investors asking me if they can project manage their own rehabs from Australia lolI say its a disaster waiting to happen.

Hi everyone,

I'm an Aussie who will be moving to West Lafayette, IN to start a research position at Purdue University in August 2014.

As I'm hoping to buy my first home there (and hopefully some investm...

@Anantha LakshmiHi Anantha,I have invested in US property from Australia and I always stress the facts that the most important part of when buying out of state or nation is not so much the stats and demographics but more the team established on the ground.Spend time building trust and relationships with key people you are looking at doing business with.

Hey BP community,I currently live in Australia and work with Australian real estate investors who are placing their capital to the US RE market.

Yes, @Han ChangAll 4 metro of Texas going through same... i feel same in Dallas.Lot of Institution and Foreign money flowing in Real Estate.. only problem is not sure this will end soon or will continue like Canada and Australia... keep going up for 15 years..!!