I am a health researcher from New Zealand and own one property but I am looking to expand.

Hi Everyone!Im 25 and from Auckland, NZ. I'm currently living in London but moving back home in about a year and looking to get started in real estate investing when I arrive home! I'm in the fortunate position where ...

Instead they spoke about investing in UK and New Zealand which have much better returns.Has anybody invested in New Zealand and achieved success as this is something i would be interested in exploring. 

The second option is that I will save up around €20,000, sell my car, which is worth around €5,000 and quit my job and go backpacking for a year in Middle and South America, New Zealand, Australia, and Asia.

@Mark Anderson Side-note: when I spent some time oversees I found a lot of landlords do not provide appliances (New Zealand and Australia in particular).

The last 3 months I have been abroad in New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, and currently I’m in Thailand.

One thing that did stand out to us from the seminar though, was the teachers' advice to buy in the New Zealand market rather than here in Australia.

I'm really keen to buy "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" but I'm just wondering if it would be helpful to someone based in New Zealand?

What I have learned has been that it's possible to stop a foreclosure by: 1 - getting a contract where the HO retains responsibility for the loan, but signs a contract with (Me, hopefully) where I have rights to the deed, or the deed itself; 2 - I know I then catch the note up to current and maintain until rehab/sell; 3 - (in this case I will) Offer Cash for Keys to help the owner vacate the property and move on with life.The details (what I know so far):Home has two mortgages, one for 80%, one for 20%, on original value of $100kI'm getting an agent to give me current comps tomorrow, but what I've seen in my neighborhood is homes going for $120k to $136k.Auction is May 2, and they have to do something by the 29th (maybe the 28th)Taxes are currentNote unpaid for almost a yearOwner's current life circumstances make her a reluctant but motivated seller (she can't afford to go anywhere, but they are going to have to move no matter what)(I think) the lender is called "Aukland" which, if true, has some bad press in Google, and looks like a brokerage out of New Zealand. 

What I have learned has been that it's possible to stop a foreclosure by: 1 - getting a contract where the HO retains responsibility for the loan, but signs a contract with (Me, hopefully) where I have rights to the deed, or the deed itself; 2 - I know I then catch the note up to current and maintain until rehab/sell; 3 - (in this case I will) Offer Cash for Keys to help the owner vacate the property and move on with life.The details (what I know so far): Home has two mortgages, one for 80%, one for 20%, on original value of $100kI'm getting an agent to give me current comps tomorrow, but what I've seen in my neighborhood is homes going for $120k to $136k.Auction is May 2, and they have to do something by the 29th (maybe the 28th)Taxes are currentNote unpaid for almost a yearOwner's current life circumstances make her a reluctant but motivated seller (she can't afford to go anywhere, but they are going to have to move no matter what)(I think) the lender is called "Aukland" which, if true, has some bad press in Google, and looks like a brokerage out of New Zealand.