I currently work In the RAN (Royal Australian Nay) but within the next 2 months i'm going back to my prior AMAZING job (which sadly pays a little less as an outdoor educational instructor) Eventually i'd like to get to a stage where i'm pocketing enough through investment properties that my day job's income doesn't really matter and i can continue working where i love.I have just finished reading the Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Real Estate Investing which has given me plenty of ideas and as you can imagine even more questions.

@Jordan Moorhead yes I'm looking to gain some insight at the moment as Australian property appears shocking for the new investor.

We have never had such a combination of problems, exacerbated by the Australian owned banks.   

This article, written within the last week by an Australian, corroborates what veteran American economist John Mauldin (who predicted the last Great Recession, albeit his prediction was a bit earlier than when it ended up happening ) has been saying for a couple months now: there's another train wreck coming, but this time the epicenter will be from the high-yield corporate debt world vice residential real estate. 

Albeit mostly Australian properties, but I have learned a lot about the process. 

This had been a big problem after the housing crash of 2008 and there were a lot of unscrupulous people taking advantage of Australian and other foreign nationals by selling properties for $65K or more that were only worth $40K and non U.S. buyers didn't know any better.

Hey, as above I'm an Aussie investor. I have a couple of townhouses in Atlanta and am looking to either refinance them or access funds without refinancing to purchase a $60k Georgia property. I've tried a couple of ...

Many contributors to an Australian property investing forum are currently arguing that as yields are now approaching 1/2% (from below), Australia must be getting set for another boom, because "why would people pay 1/2% to rent when they can buy for that?".

(t is total in yours r is ratio here)but the same for calcsanyone here that has banks that will lend to groups out side of US would be great( I will keep looking)and for taht matter any lender that wants to lend into Australia again would love that add to my list oh and time I think we are a very layback group and are very similar system so you will find that the Australian investor is very at home investing in the USthanks all

From Australians to Saudi Arabians.