If you need a hand with anything Ingrid we have offices in New Zealand and Memphis.  

My partner is from Auckland New Zealand.

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.

His focus is on New Zealand and Australian companies and individuals rather than the US and he seems to enjoy his unofficial watchdog status.I was wondering if he'd modelled himself on an American counterpart or if you had anyone in the US like him.

I agree that people that want change in Dodd Frank should state their case with reason and facts.Down payments for Home ownership in Canada is 10 percent or more, UK, New Zealand and Australia are all 10 per cent or more.I wish there were some kind of national underwriting supervised by the government the someone's ability to repay could be quantified, there are 800 pages and Dodd Frank just for the ability to repay rules.And seller financing could be done by homeowners without these Draconian penalties  of -36 months of payments plus -down payment plus lawyers fees plus -court costswhich is intimidating any home seller from looking up so if financing, including rrap estate agents.Seller carry backs with reasonable underwriting and no Draconian penalties should be allowed as an exception to Dodd Frank.

Im in New Zealand I've been watching the BP podcasts on youtube and getting lots of information and ideas that I'll be able to use here.Cant wait to book a webinar!!

We are also in the midst of starting the conception phase of a vacation rental property in New Zealand.

We know we have a small but growing community of non-US investors from countries like Australia, The United Kingdom (UK or England, Ireland, Wales, or Scotland), New Zealand, and European countries.

Toby - I saw that from an Italian friend who lives in New Zealand and bought a Chateau in Aspen.

I'm new to investing, from New Zealand originally, but moved to San Francisco two years ago for a job doing R&D for a tech company.