Plus there is no stamp duty here in the US where in Oz its quite high, the costs for coming over to the US are less than what we would have paid for that.

It's really funny how different counties take different approaches; Travis County (Austin, which probably has the highest per sq. ft residential) quit getting it from the MLS a few years ago.

Forgot to mention that I go travel from Milwaukee to Phoenix quite often, hence to locals!

It is quite helpful for making it easier to locate posts of certain topics.

Seem to be quite a few service jobs around here.

I guess I used a bad choice of words with the "quit your day job" deal.

Well, with those numbers in mind I started to seek out Hard Money lenders to assist because I recently quit my job because it was being offshored.

I have quite a bit of equity built up in that duplex that I can use, but i'd rather learn how to make money with none of my money.

I agree with the other posters and as a former resident investor of O-town,the property is a long term hold. the area has apprecited quite a bit in the last 6 years.

She was an experienced journalist and founding editor of the NY Post's RE Supplement.She quit her job and decided to "get rich in flipping".