The last 3 months I have been abroad in New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, and currently I’m in Thailand.

I sold it this August, not 2018.I moved to Australia on a Working Holiday visa to work and travel.

He was in a pinch to sell it as he was heading back to his homeland of Australia after his final semester at Montana State in Bozeman, Montana.

Still, I'm glad I'm not in California, and I'm especially glad I'm not paying taxes in Australia (home country), England, Europe...etc.I love living in the USofA, and I will happily (mostly) continue paying my fair share. 

I would of bought as much as I could sooner in Australia before the banks would not touch me.

We have non stops to Australia, China, and Dubai. 

I was recently traveling abroad (Australia) for my day job and told some longtime friends of mine about the real estate investing I'm doing in the US.

Also note that there are many different legal structures to maximize these expenses.I don't know but imagine this is handled very similarly in Australia.

If there was a opportunity to invest in Australia (as an example) presenting exceptional returns, and you had the option of employing local specialists at low fee (property management, property inspection) would you still consider viewing in person?

Baosun has done projects in Australia and the UK so I imagine they could figure out how to appease the US codes too.... - Whoa!