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.  

My clients ran the gamut from totally risk averse buy government bonds and CDs only to extreme risk takers who would take a huge gamble in the hope of major rewards.

You cant gamble on Appreciation.

We've been analyzing deals and feel that we have a pretty good handle/baseline to analyze a deal instead of feeling like we're gambling.

Some risk is OK, but too much is gambling.

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.

@Bryan Gamble and @Steve Bradigan for contributing to the conversation, I will be meeting with my accountant/ lawyer this week and let you know what we decide on.

Mike thank you for the reply, the gamble is whether the 60K houses would drop significantly which I believe not. 

Looking forward to equity is one thing, but anticipating appreciation is tantamount to gambling.