New Member from Australia

[Deborah Letich]

Hi was wondering if anyone can tell me if they have had any dealings with ATW Investments and how they have found them and have you been successful using their system

Thanks Deb

[Sam Van Horebeek]

@Deborah Letich 

welcome to BP! There are many foreign investors just like yourself looking to invest in the US real estate market. It can be quite overwhelming as each city/neighbourhood and even street blocks can be very different from each other.  This site offers great insights in many aspects but can still be overwhelming.

Having worked with 700+ foreign investors, I continue to see that most successful investments in the US are done by working with people that you can trust and communicate clearly and professionally with. 

Any local agent/firm will likely tell you that their city, their neighborhood and their property is the best in the US.  Few of them, if any, will look at what you actually want to achieve based on your own risk and reward situation.

Also, before you start going into all the research too much, try to focus on what you like to achieve yourself first. For example, are you an investor looking to make decent cash flow and satisfied with low capital gain, or you are an investor looking for a large capital gain when you sell in 10 years and you don't care about cash flow? These are very different objectives and this will help you in narrowing down the choices of cities to look in. Another factor is risk (which includes risk to your property or risk to realizing your investment numbers). 

Going to this strategy of risk/rewards upfront will help you quickly focus on a few cities/areas and then you can go into much more detail and talk to the right person on the ground. This is the process that we have seen foreign investors going through successfully. 

hope this helps a bit