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Working remotely in the USA from anywhere in the world is the new normal. Michelle Green is a professional real estate investor, ex-property Lawyer and Realtor/Real Estate who works virtually in Texas, USA from her home in New Zealand. In 2016, with her father Steve, she founded the Koru Group which specializes in seller financing homes to retail buyers and investors who are not currently able to qualify for conventional financing. Steve and Michelle share how they first got started dabbling in real estate, how they moved their real estate operation to Texas, USA, private lending, and how to find private lenders from 8,000 miles away. This dynamic father/daughter duo of Steve and Michelle Green is inspiring to say the least!
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Using Private Money From 8,000 Miles Away with Steve and Michelle Green
This Dynamic Father/Daughter Duo Is Suffocating ALL Excuse
It’s my mission to create private lenders and to create a community where people just like you and I can safely and confidently invest and build wealth with old world values and pragmatism and without banks or Wall Street. 2019 has started off to be a very international year at the show where we had Victor Menasce from Canada and now, I have very distinct honor to interview a father and daughter powerhouse all the way from New Zealand. Steve and Michelle Green live almost 8,000 miles away and yet they have found a way to invest in single-family homes real estate here in the United States. I find their story fascinating and very interesting. I believe that you the Lender Nation will as well.

When I think of all the excuses I gave in the past as to why I was or wasn't doing something, mostly why I wasn't doing something. It's too hard. I don't have the time. I don't have the money or whatever the case may be, I get a sense of shame now when I think back on it. I don't think it's uncommon among investors and it's not necessarily a bad thing unless you let it ruin you or run you. It's a good thing if we can find motivation in those emotions. I certainly find it there. I heard this thing about you should never compare yourself to another as we go around and we journey around the sun through life. After hearing how our guest is investing in real estate in Texas all the way from New Zealand, I feel downright lazy. Because Steve and Michelle Green and negating all the excuses, mine, yours, everybody’s for not putting in the hustle and getting things done. Veering out of way and making it happen. This dynamic father and daughter investing duo tell us how they do it. They shared it with us and I'm forever grateful.
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I'm honored to be interviewing Steve and Michelle Green all the way in New Zealand. Steve and Michelle, welcome to the Private Lender Podcast.

Thank you very much. It’s a pleasure to be here.

When I started this podcast, it was back in April or May. Somebody reached out on LinkedIn. It was this fellow named Steve Green and I didn't realize the significance at the time, but in August of 2018, we met at the Quest IRA Expo and Steve said, “This is my daughter Michelle and we were investing in the Southern United States.” I said, “You don't sound like you're from Houston or Dallas. How is it that you guys have come and invested in the United States? We caught up before you left and thank you for lunch. I was jumping at the bit to have you guys come on because your story is absolutely fascinating and I can't wait for you to tell it to the audience.

We were investing here in New Zealand for various reasons. Our portfolio’s top properties weren't performing as well as it should have been. The government here is getting very difficult for landlords, so we started looking further afield. In 2012, I decided to go to Sacramento on a hard money lenders course. While I was there,