Hi Forumites,
Thanks for all your posts, I thought it may be beneficial to give a little further information regarding US Invest. Firstly, you will notice that we do NOT self-promote on forums, neither do we put down competitors using an alias such as Speedy here. Speedy, based on our past conversations I believe you are in fact a property promoter yourself which is great for you, however it doesn’t help slandering our company for the way we do business.
Speedy, we’ve been through this before with you, to the point that some of your posts about us on other forums were deleted by the moderator due to the malicious intent.
To put out the truth behind your remarks, I would like to provide some information to the benefit of readers.
US Invest charges a $995 REFUNDABLE membership. We make no apologies for this. It's a qualifier to ensure we are providing a high level of service to our qualified investors. This $995 is refunded back on the first purchase, however we provide a tremendous amount of value for that which I'll get into shortly.
We have a team of over 50 staff in America, our own construction crews, accounting and legal team, BROKERAGE and transactional assistance is provided in house to our qualified members.
–I would much rather provide a quality service to our exclusive members than sell as much property as we can to any old buyer which is something investors need to be wary of as there is a lot of this happening out there in the market today.
We operate with teams on the ground in 5 different markets in the US. We conduct thorough research on all properties we bring on board as well as economic viability of the areas and surrounding growth factors. (Extremely important for the growth of any investment and its ongoing performance in the American market.
Our markets include Georgia, Texas, Florida, Tennessee and more recently Missouri although we only invest in particular areas that we have outlined using our own in-house resources and analysis.
For the initial deposit of $995 here's what our members get access to...
Education: We teach people how to do what we do. We have a 4 part Mastery Series we offer to our members that have the time to learn the in's and out's of this market. Whilst you can of course do your own research on any market and its investment potential, 99% of people out their DO NOT have the time, so a company that offers a full turn-key service is needed. Kind of like buying a computer or car. It is cheaper in some cases to buy all the parts and build it yourself, but not everyone has the time to learn how to do it.. For those that do have the time, we can teach them. For those that dont, we have it all in-house anyway. I’m sure readers would agree that this type of education is priceless and you have lost a lot more then a refundable $995 with the early mistakes many investors make when entering the US property market. Not to mention the lifetime of returns created by making the RIGHT investment decisions.
Our properties: Due to the size of US Invest and the amount of property required for our investors, we sell a mixture of investments we own and from our pre-qualified suppliers which MUST meet our quality and renovation standards. 99% of it is exclusive and ALL of it is hand picked by our team. We DO NOT sell everything that comes across our desk, we research everything thoroughly. We also have our own stock that we personally buy from many sources such as auctions, short sales, the bank etc. We then renovate to an a-class finish and tenant, providing a full turn-key product. ONe thing I can tell you is that we refuse to work with the majortiy of suppliers our competitors are using due to inferior renovation standards.
Finance Options: We have a range of finance options for overseas investors. This is a huge plus when someone wants to leverage and get as much bang for their buck as possible. The finance we provide for the majority of our homes CAN NOT be offered by any of our competitors, particularly those who are sitting in Australia and adding little in the way of value to their client’s investments.
A Property Coach: We give ALL our members a dedicated real estate professional that has been in the business a minimum of 15 years. Some over 30 years. These guys have everything from MBA's to track records with America's largest Property Portfolio Managers. They are not biased towards any market, yet they are on-hand to assist our clients 5 days a week to answer any questions they have regarding ANY property we sell.
Subsidised Inspection trips: We hold monthly trips to all our markets for our members to get a real feel for what we do. We show what our team does on the ground from a construction standpoint, and we show all the towns we have selected to do business in with full explanations why.
A US Banking Structure: This is one of the toughest things to obtain. We have secured the ability to open these accounts with the worlds 5th largest bank due to our reputation and our presence on the ground in America. Something which cannot be done from any other country including Australia without the use of very expensive lawyers and further cost to the buyer.
To try and keep this post as short as I can, we also have exclusive in-house services such as our Legal Team, Tax Specialist's, LLC Set up, Our Brokerage and our Property Management, not to mention a discount on ALL LLC's our members set up...
If you cant see value in a $995 REFUNDABLE membership fee for all those services, that is absolutely fine and all investors are welcome to choose whichever path they wish. If you want to learn to do it all yourself you certainly can, but the majority of people do not have the time to do that nor do they want the associated risk with choosing the wrong investment, suppliers, legal and title issues etc. We have a very happy base of members who gladly continue to use our services.
Lastly, I would encourage all investors to do their research. Buy in markets which you believe have growth qualities and a limitation to supply. Not Detroit, not Las Vegas, despite what a number of real estate spruikers will attempt to sell you. If that means buying on your own, through a local realtor or using the services of a company such as US Invest, that is your decision, although it is helpful to have the assistance of someone who is no biased to one particular area.
US Invest is a quality company which has been set-up to assist investors build a PORTFOLIO of US properties. Not sell as much property to as many investors as we can, but to assist quality investors make quality decisions based on long-term relationships. Yes, we are a growing company, we are a business as is any other business out there. We don’t apologise for this, nor do we apologise for our membership model. Speedy, I respect your views but I would ask that you please refrain from such slandering as we are not a boiler room, we are a respected business doing right by our members every day. We may have a slightly different model to what you use, however that is no reason to slander our company in this environment.
I would like to wish all investors all the success in the world for their US Investment endeavours. I hope this post has been helpful and if you would like any further assistance, please feel free to PM me at any time.
Regards,
Ryan