heheI'm bias and have always loved Toledo.In all honesty, bit of a boring place and market.Not much to do for someone like me.Granted, growing up in Sydney, Australia and then moving to Toledo, Ohio is more than just a culture shock hehe.Who said you have to "live, where you invest" anyway?

Hi All,I am not a US resident and live in Australia.

I am an Indian passport holder, living in Australia and have been in the U.S for 9 years with a valid SSN and credit score.I recently closed on a property for around ~130k(fully paid) and I am interested to know if I could get HELOC on this property being a foreign resident?

Agreed,Lot's of deals to be found in Ohio.Tougher nowadays but still enough to stay busy.Just to answer the OP's initial question also.Loosing on a deal in the first few years is risky business.When I first started investing in 2010 and back home in Australia, I built a large portfolio and fairly quickly.Lot's of debt...Monthly mortgages where costing me more than I was generating in income.It was a slow bleed so I decided to liquidate and move to cashflow friendly markets in the US (Specifically Ohio).In hindsight, those same properties if owned today would have made me millions in capital gain profits.So if you are looking for an appreciation play, make sure to have enough income from your W2 or other means to withstand the slow monthly bleed until the properties appreciate so much that you end up being in the green even tho you bled monthly.Again, very risky business IMO.Much success

i just come across this platform and i was super exited as a builder with own construction company to have such an impressive collection collaboration to start JV. just to come to the realization that this platform is  in america  and i'm from down-under "Australia" i'll be searching fro similar platform in my country, if i don't find one i'll be creating one!!

Just starting out on the Bigger Pockets site. Hope it will be mutually beneficial to both of us.

I'm a new investor from Adelaide South Australia and am looking to build by network.

If you are looking for advice, I suggest finding and following @Engelo Rumora wherever he is at the moment (podcasts, social media, catch up on "yellow ladder tips" and read his blogs)He is very well versed in getting deals every where from Ohio to Australia.

Also, I currently live in Australia, and for some reason you can't view loop.net from here!  

That will be ther determining factor to where we eventually settle.Ill look into Ohio, a colleagues wife back in Australia is a Buckeye so could pick her brain about there as well.Take care