Hello EveryoneMy name is Chris I'm from London in the UK & I'm new to investing in the States.

The reason I want to succeed is to show people like me (first generation immigrant, sandwich generation who takes care of parents and own family, middle class w2 American struggling to thrive) that the dream of financial freedom is not out of reach.

So....I really want to get into real estate with the goal of being able to choose to work than having to work in the future.I have a reasonable amount of money saved for a deposit and potentially a lot more via parents etc.I want to get into the buy and hold to get rental income to then grow to feed my next purchase and so on.All fairly simple so far.I live in Qatar for work and i want to invest in either New Zealand or UK, but preferably NZ.Here is my sticking point.

I assumed the question was pretty cut and dry, if I have private money lenders from overseas (in this case the UK), what do I need to do differently than I do for my US investors.  

California just took over Brazil for the world's 7th largest economy and just behind the UK. 2.2 trillion GDP is not too shabby.

Hi Danny,I am an immigrant myself and know how hard it is to start something new in another country, but have faith.

They have about 200 billion dollars worth of real estate projects to be completed by 2012, their immigration rate is staggering, fuel is extra cheap down there (26 cents a liter, translates to a little over a dollar a gallon).

Home prices aren't coming down due to immigration + lack of home supply.

Hi everyone.I'm Karen and I'm from Liverpool, UK and I'm still a very interested newbie who is willing to learn. :)Have a good one.

She immigrated from Peru after we had met online and ultimately married.