PropertyInvesting.com | Luke B | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/luke-b/activity/ Activity feed for Luke B. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:06:21 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 059bfe64196ee892e93bc4b7fca97b60 Luke B replied to the topic Anyone Used USInvest ? Looking at buying US propety through them in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4405642-anyone-used-usinvest-looking-at-buying-us-propety-through-them/page/2/#post-4662198 Mon, 28 May 2012 11:41:23 +0000 Ryan,

I’ve looked into US Invest as an option previously. Despite being an initially extremely attractive option, the fact that I am utterly unable to independently verify the house you are selling means it is simply a no go. I’m putting a lot of cash at risk here, in a foreign country to boot.

All that value you describe as being part of the…[Read more]

]]> 48f7982bdb8f9fe499dcf510f8e36759 Luke B replied to the topic need opinions on business model for overseas investment in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406103-need-opinions-on-business-model-for-overseas-investment/#post-4665610 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:25:44 +0000 If that’s not Jay, I’d be curious as to who it is. I though Jay’s model sounded quite appealing and pretty safe, as on OS investor I would be worried about exactly the kind of mess you’ve recently posted about labradorinlove. with this model, you’re not dealing with the property directly, so are unlikley to encouter any such mess.
the main…[Read more]

]]> 63dada519c080e0d123c9ddd7de23cb0 Luke B replied to the topic US Invest Good Company Or Bad? in the forum worldinvestor https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406020-us-invest-good-company-or-bad/#post-4665062 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:20:57 +0000 worldinvestor wrote:
Seriously,  how could you possibly make an informed decision on whether this group is sourcing suitable properties when you have no information.  A couple of street names and viewing zillow is just not going to cut it.  Would you use the same criteria to purchase property in Australia?Also, zillow has some useful inf…[Read more]

]]> 0983138b37fdd35877db29bd00a3ba89 Luke B replied to the topic US Invest Good Company Or Bad? in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406020-us-invest-good-company-or-bad/?view=all#post-4665055 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:22:51 +0000 Anyone know Atlanta well enough to work out the address based on the google maps screenshots? They've told me they can't give you address of anything they've sold. Privacy, <moderator: delete language>. edit: with some rudimentary googling I can see that the property probably lies within an area bracketed by the Terrell Star Pkwy,…[Read more]

]]> 0983138b37fdd35877db29bd00a3ba89 Luke B replied to the topic US Invest Good Company Or Bad? in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406020-us-invest-good-company-or-bad/?view=all#post-4665055 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:22:51 +0000 Anyone know Atlanta well enough to work out the address based on the google maps screenshots? They've told me they can't give you address of anything they've sold. Privacy, <moderator: delete language>. edit: with some rudimentary googling I can see that the property probably lies within an area bracketed by the Terrell Star Pkwy,…[Read more]

]]> 0983138b37fdd35877db29bd00a3ba89 Luke B replied to the topic US Invest Good Company Or Bad? in the forum Anyone know Atlanta well https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406020-us-invest-good-company-or-bad/#post-4665055 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:22:51 +0000 Anyone know Atlanta well enough to work out the address based on the google maps screenshots? They've told me they can't give you address of anything they've sold. Privacy, <moderator: delete language>. edit: with some rudimentary googling I can see that the property probably lies within an area bracketed by the Terrell Star Pkwy,…[Read more]

]]> f7948f67d2057112f09166ce7388e0a5 Luke B replied to the topic US invest in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4405996-us-invest/#post-4664735 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:28:58 +0000 Thanks Everyone, seems clear that these aren’t people who I should hand my money over to.
Still looking to invest, strongly considering going through TrueWholesaleHouses.
I would however, sincerely appreciate any advise on setting up accounts, whether to get an LLC, etc.
I’m still doing a lot of research, but advice from the trenches would be…[Read more]

]]> 6c3fba0675e40838594a4338cb2151c0 Luke B replied to the topic US invest in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4405996-us-invest/#post-4664728 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:04:26 +0000 It’s the package deal that’s attractive, set up, accounting and legal services, pre tenanted properties, property management and lending. All that sounds pretty good. I don’t have heaps of time and it would be nice for someone else to help sort that out. However, as I suspected and as people seem to confirm, there is a high probability that…[Read more]

]]> 6505049edf5088049ac6be8cffcfe4ca Luke B replied to the topic US invest in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4405996-us-invest/#post-4664724 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:50:51 +0000 Thanks Alex, but yes spider senses are already tingling. Someone somewhere must have thrown down some money to these people. How did it go?

]]> 5db6330c6256f495d744c804aafe758f Luke B replied to the topic Forum. Needs some life. Let's get something going in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406001-forum-needs-some-life-lets-get-something-going/#post-4664793 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:23:18 +0000 Sure, lets Roll. Freckle posted some interesting stuff. Is property a good investment right now? Or should foreign investors stay local until the actual bottom actually hits? When will that be? How is the situation in Europe going to affect us property for the au investor? Is the dollar going to crash if Europe doesn't get it <moderator:…[Read more]

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