here it is
http://www.propsmart.com/

doh hadnt scrolled to the bottom of the thread sorry gross

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dont forget these properties in the US are not a certainty for returns. houses in the snow belts are subject to extreme climate changes and there fore yoru maintenance costs can be sky high if youre not careful, and the first aussie s buying here was only about 12 months ago.

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If you can finance outside of NZ it would be better as NZ now has the highest interst rates in the developed western world

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For advice on share investments I would not recommend people whose main focus is property which is a very illiquid market in total contrast to shares, Forex, commodities and Options/futures just ask the Japanese broker who caused the Tokyo exchange to shut down because of a keyboard mistake in executing a trade this month. I have actually have…[Read more]

The Irish have got the Prague market sorted they saw it early and went in and conquered the apartment scene, very shrewd in property in europe and particularly eastern europe are the Irish, they know how to work the Euro and grants very well

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6 IPs 29.8%

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2005 VW Touareg 4WD just bought it Friday, great wagon V6 TDI

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try using the search function its the fourth item under the Forum boards

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great post F, very important to put it all in persective and see how hard your money is working 9% p.a growth is nota great return on your money, and thus the reason why the super rich do not bother with residential property they demand their money to worka bit harder, unfortunately i am not one of those so have to try and create a faster wealth…[Read more]

Buffalo’s positives

• Cashflow yield, compared to NZ/OZ residential rental returns in regional cities you must compare like with like, Yes buffalo is a much larger city than virtually any regional city in NZ /OZ for accurate comparisons you should be comparing it with the likes of industrial cities in NZ/OZ
• Low cost of entry
• La…[Read more]

House hunter can you sum up how you add value to finding the perfect investment property in the USA when it appears from Genesis website that you can just operate directly through them and they are on the ground in buffalo as you rightly point out,

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just another note of caution steves forte is not commercial property, but residential i know he appear to have done some coomrecial deals just a warning that you need to really pull apart a commerical deal much more so than a residential one, i for one as yet have not done a commercial deal so am not speaking from direct experience

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yeah its pretty mucha no brainer, depending on thier credit history of course and how much equity they can bank in thier own home..My partner isa kiwi that has lived in the US for 12 years so we are OK up to a point with Finance, i.e. bit liek OZ and NZ the banks will have alimit of the amount of properties they will finance for you.

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Enjoyed the League, superb effort by the kiwis especially to keep the ozzies scoreless, to cap it all i live in Wales and they went and beat the ozzies too. Yahooo as a blue blooded kiwi nothin better than to see our big brothers hurting on the sports field…

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Yep Ozi youre right, the other one .com must be a commercial set up to take advantage of HUd homes, it definitely wont be government.

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simply Yield and Scale

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I have also learnt through that, and westan I would agree with you, you have to be on the ground and actively investing, participating because it isnt until you actually see the people walking the walk that you learn who you can keep. from my original team I have only kept the Realtor(mainly because of the time he dedicates to Me) and the Mortgage…[Read more]

You can definitely buy below value in both NY state, and the other snow states. have done and will continute to do so and its agreat way of creating instant equity on closure with a cash purchase then a refinance, but you have to be prepared to watch and wait and then put in offers that will find a motivated seller. same principles as in NZ,

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buffalos a touch bigger than toke, and Westan i agree with your words, I as a Kiwi investing in Buff am doing it solely for cashflow, but there are is a lot of outside investment pouring in and i dont mean from just us kiwis and ozzies, the brits and the US out of staters are already begiing to increase thier investments there.

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yes
but perspective i think is required for novice investors, when assessing opportunities, overseas property invesitng is high risk and that risk is not completely mitigated by research( whilst research is essential). experience and actual track record counts for a lot.

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