I have someone applying to my property, and they are here in the US on a work Visa. I do a rent by room strategy, and I use a tenant application platform (Turbo Tenant which I love) but they're having trouble inputtin...

As a 40-year-old Australian investor, I've built a strong real estate portfolio focused on the local market.

The good news is that the financial metrics you've read about are universal and not at all country specific.The bad news is that Germany may just not be a good cash-flow market, compared to the U.S.But then, few markets are.That's why you find so many Germans and Australians and Spaniards and others trying so hard to find great deals in the U.S.And, even in the States, there are plenty of sub-markets where properties routinely fail the so-called "1% rule."

As a 40-year-old Australian investor, I've built a strong real estate portfolio focused on the local market.

I just got back from a 3 week Australian/New Zealand cruise. 

“Blinded by the light…”  also reminds me of an Australian investor who had come to see one of my clients turn keys in Birmingham that paid a respectable 9 or 10% COC etc..

I am based in Australia and an Australian citizen looking to start investing in Duplex to  4plex-style residential.

I first met him on line on the Australian version of BP and when he first came to the US. he is VERY hands on for his clients. 

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There are 25 million people in Australia so I hardly think the Australian investor community is large enough for you to be picking up the failed projects of Australian investors on a weekly basis.