With some luck and hard work I hope to be able to leave my current career path and focus fully on real estate.I am a UK citizen and moved here three years ago to pursue a career as a scientist.

@Brandon Turner Are they any forums for UK investing?

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.

We provide enhanced due-diligence services into companies, individuals and projects that are introduced to investors to ensure that they are aware of the pros and the cons with each and every potential opportunity.In the UK investors have the choice of either receiving "advised" or "un-advised" services - Is this possible for Canadian or US citizens to invest outside of their respective domicile without this type of assistance?

Seriously, I want the input.Wells REO (I believe, been a long time)List:159K1st offer:119K + change, cash offerasked biggest & best, said had a offer at asking in (I assumed and gambled was a financed offer, based off the response)Offered 124K, cash, 15 day closing.

Incentives don't matter to slobs, and either does security deposits.. they figure who gives a Ya hoo...So we all know we can't fix a apartment for 1 months rent,, but we gamble on the good ones that will leave a clean and tidy unit when they leave..and loose out on the slobs.. 

cash flow folks will bash you because you are simply gambling on appreciation.

Forget 401K because those are just stocks we gamble on, but real estate is the best investment today.

Mold can get you great discounts -- but it can also be a huge gamble.1.

I hired them last year to act as maintenance/property management for my Dubuque properties, after Cory reached out to me on BiggerPockets in response to a post I made.  I thought things were fine until recently, I had...