Buying Foreign Property

>>> If I buy the house am I legally allowed to live in it and stay in the country without a visa?

What? Ofcourse not.

>>1132352
>am I legally allowed to live in it and stay in the country without a visa?

if you are an EU citizen -Yes
if you are from outside EU - No

This will now become a huge problem for Brits owning and living in houses in Spain.

>>1132360
It's possible to ask for a permanent residence card if you're a EU citizen living in another EU country for at least the last 5 years. It will allow you to keep living and working in the country if need be.

>>1132352
avoid buying in southern countries like Spain or France as it´s corrupt as fuck. The mayor of a village might not like you and he can simple take away your property and give it to his homeless and unemployed cousin. Happens frequently..

Legally there is nothing you can do as everything is corrupt and unreliable.

>>1132360

>huge problem

Horseshit it will. Practically nothing will change beyond the need to be in possession of a passport when travelling to/from the continent. As an aussie who was in the EU recently I spoke with police in several countries (asking for directions etc) and was never once asked for ID or passport, despite making it clear I was a foreign non-eu citizen. Nothing will change post-Brexit.

>>1132360
I'm not so sure it will. I've looked into immigrating to the UK (I'm American), immigration laws change frequently and it generally gets harder and harder as time goes on. You have to be making a certain amount of income on a work visa to be allowed to stay in the UK, and that number's gone up a few times before. But if you got a work visa years ago where it was lower, the same laws you came over on apply to you still even though no one new can get that deal. I imagine that UK citizens who have chosen EU countries to make their home pre-Brexit will face the same thing.

>>1132352

I don't know anything about Arkansas, but I doubt the money you get by selling a house there will be enough to buy one in Italy, Spain or France. At least that's assuming that you want a house in a nice region and not in some mafia infested village with a huge unemployment rate and no educated young population.

And your question about the visa doesn't sound like you though that through. I'm sure there are countries who'll give you a visa for buying a house there under certain conditions, since that's in their interest, but idk, you can't just assume that, you need to do some serious research.

>>1132352
If you are a U.S. citizen with a valid U.S. passport traveling for tourism or business, you can apply to enter the Schengen area without a visa for a period of three months within each six-month period. If you spend three months in the Schengen area during any six-month period, you must wait another three months before you can apply to enter the Schengen area again without a visa. If you do not meet these conditions, or plan to stay in the Schengen area longer than three months, contact the embassy of the country where you plan to spend the majority of your time to apply for a visa.

https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/go/schengen-fact-sheet.html

If you're planning on buying in Italy (which I would discourage, because I don't think you know Italian, and Italian realtors are considered the scum of the earth) know this: if a house is described as 'abitabile' (liveable, literally) it means that it won't collapse in the near future. Other than that, it will probably be still a ruin.

Scandinavian countries, Holland, Germany and Belgium are the best countries to move to as an English speaking American because many of the people speak English and also the quality of life in these countries is the highest in the world.

>>1132498
Indeed. Every latin based speaking country is shit both for speaking English and general life quality.

Dont believe in the whole 'retire under the sun' shit. France smells like old gasoline.

Man, I'd love to have a vacation home in Sardinia. There are so many abandoned buildings the owners must be desperate to get rid of and the economy is in the shitter; I bet you could pick something up for pennies.
Monitoring this thread for an actual answer to OP's question.
>>1132493
>if a house is described as 'abitabile' (liveable, literally) it means that it won't collapse in the near future
No true American is afraid of a fixer-upper. Big government building codes are what I'd be nervous about though. And yeah, I figure corruption in Italy could be a problem.

>>1132580
>Man, I'd love to have a vacation home in Sardinia. There are so many abandoned buildings the owners must be desperate to get rid of and the economy is in the shitter; I bet you could pick something up for pennies.

Any more places to look? Any good international real estate websites?

I inherited a house in LA and I could sell it for $500,000. My dream is to sell it and buy a house on the med.

>>1132580
>No true American is afraid of a fixer-upper.
When I said it won't collapse in the near future, it means that the house only consists of the walls and maybe the floor of the second floor if it has one.
Depending on when the house was last inhabited, it may not have plumbing, heating or floors. It's not about being a fixer-upper, it's more about the ease of not having to pour foundations or lay walls yourself.

Many European countries have investor visas. If you buy property worth over 300,000 Euros in Portugal or Greece, they give you a residency visa so you can stay in your new house.

Might even be something cheaper in Eastern Europe.

>>1132410
Ouais j'ai aussi entendu qu'il n'y avait pas de douche dans les maisons françaises car les français n'en prennent pas.

If you move to France or Italy without speaking fluent (and I mean near-native fucking FLUENT) French or Italian you will be more miserable there than anywhere else. Your American ass has no ties there and they will not appreciate you buying land in their country. Unless you have dgaf landed elite type money (you dont), then they'll grovel like a serf at your beck and call.

If you really want to live in Spain, Italy or France you should pick one of those countries, learn the language, meet a nice girl and marry her and then live there. The locals will tolerate you if you speak the language and marry one of their own.

>>1132903
I've also heard this about the French. Is it true?

As an American I shower at least once daily.

fuck this board is slow.

bump this ffs

>>1132360
>This will now become a huge problem for Brits owning and living in houses in Spain.
Except there's this other thing which in norway is called EOS which is essentially like being in the EU without being in the EU.
We can have houses in spain without a bunch of shit and visas etc, is what I'm saying.

Bear in mind that if you buy property in a socialist country, you'll have to pay socialist taxes.

>>1133292
Well, since you've repudiated the EU, I'm sure they'll be tripping over themselves to make it easy for you.

>>1133299
#NeverGoFullRetard

OP is way better off buying a house in South America. Visas for "property investment" are very much a real thing there.

>>1133292
>Except there's this other thing which in norway is called EOS which is essentially like being in the EU without being in the EU.

So UK voted out to become like Norway? UK wants to give up resistance and become a full member of Schengen area with no restrictions on immigration? UK wants to accept EU rules without complaining? UK wants to pay into EU budget for market access and want to get no money out? UK voted out to give up voting rights on EU decisions?

>>1132580
no. Speaking as someone from southern Europe.

Most of those owners are by far not desperate.. They usually have 20 something year courtcases regarding properties

For example grandfather has 15 children, left no will on paper and all those children want the property.

By the time the court case is finally over the building is in complete ruins. As laws often state that nobody can live in the property, sell it or maintain it.. till the courtcase is completely over.

>>1133471
and even if the building is in complete ruins.. they still ask the normal price for it.. As many don´t desperately need the money

Me and GF informed about a property recently.. It had no roof anymore and door were falling out.. they still asked 800 grand for it..

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I live in Malta even a simple building permission for an extra balcony can easily take up 4 to 5 years...

Unless you are related to local MP or politician combined with a suitcase full of cash you get in a few weeks.. (and if you do you risk being arrested and persecution in the longer term)

>>1133292
but the UK voted Leave because "essentially like being in the EU" is the very thing they DON'T want. For example, Norway allows free migration of labour from the EU. So unless Boris backpedals on literally the very foundations of the promises they made during the campaign, that's not gonna happen.

>>1132411
So you equate the fact that people didn't ID you when you asked for directions with "nothing will change post-Brexit"??? What in the fuck? Who would ever ask for ID or passport in that scenario? Obviously you'll be able to visit with a passport, but you can't live in other countries anymore. That's literally the main reason why the vote even happened, brits didn't want fucking poalcks just moving to the UK anymore.

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>>1133484
depends on how you look like. If OP was black or had a taliban style beard and dress he would had to show his ID.

Seen it several times.. they also get picked out of train or bus queues and questioned by the police.

>>1133339
Which countries?

I was looking at houses on Roatan and they're awesome but Honduras is the fucking murder capital of the world.

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>>1133882
Surinam is a very stable country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname

It has a majority black population but surprisingly it´s nothing like Jamaica or Haiti.

I know thiefs and drug dealers are fed to the crocodiles there straight away by the local police so everyone behaves themself..(simply thrown off a bridge out of the police car)

>>1133895
Jesus, their population is 1/20th of my COUNTY

>>1132904
total bullshit. I lived in all three, Spain Italy and France, with a medium command of their languages, and everybody was always super nice. Maybe the problem is you're a prick.

>>1133984

>>1133985

fuck you faggot

>>1133882
Well, I live in Colombia and it's an option here

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>>1132580
>No true American is afraid of a fixer-upper.
No true American fallacy.

Something not seen here is North Americans having a winter/summer home in New Zealand or Australia. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wanted to live on the other side of the world December-January because fuck winter.

How would an American or Canadian go about buying a home in AU/NZ and getting dual citizenship?

>>1132411
>I know everything about European borders because of my little backpacking adventure

Having lived in Europe for half a decade now as an expat, this is absolute nonsense. Even now there's passport control entering the EU from th UK via train, boat, and plane due to the latter not being Shengen and the consequences of getting caught in th EU having overstayed, especially for a property owner, could be serious and result in getting your passport flagged. That's not even considering national borders within the EU doing random passport checks (I went through one last month between France and Germany en route to Strasbourg and by chance our car got pulled).

Don't post if you have nothing to add, mate.

>>1132493
>>1132904
Please stop stepping on my dream of buying a penthouse apartment in Milan.

Ecuador is a popular country for Americans to buy property in, but there's ecuador - related problems associated. Their economy, crime, and generally not much to do (unless you like birds), but logistically it's quite easy.

>>1134923
How much would it be for a 1-bedroom or smaller in Quito or Guayaquil? Rough estimate, not too centric but not far out in the suburbs. Any link to look at rentals as well? Gracias amigo.

>>1134923
How are the beaches in Ecuador?

>>1132410
no wonder middle easterners and africans bomb the shit out of those countries.

>>1133895
Based Suriname

>>1133408
>UK voted out to give up voting rights on EU decisions?
Literally yes. They will still be in all the EU shit, all trade agreements, free movement agreements, etc. without having their dude in the EU parliament.

If I'm in a shit EU country, and buy property in a good EU country, can I go live there and get their NEETbux later on?

>>1133984
underrated post

>>1136061
>Brexit
Noone knows how it's gonna work out.
There will be another round of bailouts by the time any kind of agreement is reached anyway.

>>1132352
1) Go visit that house. Get a nice little getaway to enjoy it and revisit memories a couple times just to make sure you want to sell it. Calculate what it would take to keep it, to rent it, to use it during family vacations years from now. Family property can be uniquely cool when you have grandchildren one day. If it's a money pit, and lacking any redeeming value.....It's always true people buy during the convenience of being settled before the school year (so yea now), or during the big populated times during any tourist season when you live in paradise.

2) Have you never seen the TV series, House Hunters International? You should know that the piece of crap old rundown houses in the old rundown villages that tourists don't go to COST BIG MONEY and TIME to repair, even if you do them yourself. Unlike in the US where there is a ton of skilled contractors competing for work, it's not a simple thing that if you want something it can happen. The locality has slow permits, tons of red tape let's just say, and it never costs quick IKEA prices to do that bathroom or kitchen or even furnish a place, but you have to pay some local exorbitant prices beyond what you think just to get it down within 48 months. There will be some millionaire couple investing and some budget of whatever it takes, and it always takes more time. Always. Time lapse to 6 months later in the episode, and it's either "this cost 250% more than we thought" or "we still don't have a kitchen, but we did manage to get the roof leak fixed just yesterday"

3) Check with each country you wish to buy in by contacting a realtor to do some legwork for you. Give them only 50-75% of your actual budget, and ask about legalities.

>>1136140
this guy knows what he is talking about.

and this is a good example:

http://www.remax-malta.com/House-of-Character-For-Sale-Zebbug-Central_240121010-751

http://www.remax-malta.com/House-of-Character-For-Sale-Zurrieq-South_240071087-213

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>>1133895
Eh, there's still a heck of a lot of crime. Not in the centre of Paramaribo and not in Nickerie because the Indians are based, but the suburbs of Paramaribo and between Paramaribo and the Brokopondo lake things can get a bit hairy.

It's stable for now. Their economic crisis hasn't shown signs of slowing down. It might go over, it might get worse in about 2-3 years' time. There's nothing to do but wait.
Now if there is one part of South America that is essentially Europe, it is French Guiana. I heard it's pretty difficult to get into if you're not French but it's basically just a relaxed French suburb, only by coincidence it's in South America.

>>1133484
it wasn't about boris, it was about muhmad and rasheed.
they butchered the wrong pig, again.

>>1133983
Not bullshit. Your opinion and experience might differ. Truth of the matter is al latin based language countries have fuck all skills of mastering other languages and an undeserved superiority feeling about their own language.

>>1136196
i'd fug that real estate agen ;DDDDD

>>1132360
This and travel is exactly why I want EU citizenship, besides marrying a foreigner (and I am not averse to doing that at all) how can you get EU citizenship? I am an American citizen and am working on getting my Mexican citizenship, I don't know if that would be a problem.

>>1132847

Americans do that all the time.

>>1136677
laws differ between EU countries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union#Summary_of_member_states.27_nationality_laws

Your best bet would be to have a look at your family tree. Many Americans got European ancestry, this might be helpful. Acquiring Mexican citizenship would destroy this option.

>>1136799
I'm 100% of Mexican origin, would that still count? I always figured marrying into it would be my best bet.

>>1133882
Roatan is completely, night-and-day different from mainland Honduras. The place is expat central and the whole island's economy centers around them. Source: relatives lived there for 10+ years, visited them.

>>1133484
The guy is only half-wrong though.
There are chances that Britain will be like Switzerland and Norway, i.e. it probably won't be a big pain in the ass to work and live there as a EU citizen. As an Aussie I don't worry.

EU citizens are butthurt because it will be probably harder to get smaller jobs that don't require any sort of qualification. London is overcrowded with EU people doing small jobs.

>>1132352
Don't buy a property if you don't speak the language.

>>1133496
Nothing wrong with this desu

>>1136196
These really are overpriced as shit. You can buy 3-4 flats for the cost of the second property here in Czech republic, in the centre of any regional town.

>>1132430
>some mafia infested village with a huge unemployment rate and no educated young population
I feel bad for you, fucboi

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>>1137506
the reason is that it´s high priced is because our island is only 60 by 10 kilometer.. It´s one of the most dense populated countries in Europe.

And Gozo Island is 10 by 6 kilometers

You can walk from one side of the island to the other side in a day

We don´t have huge forests, mountains, large pieces of land etc etc.

dude sales taxes in arkansas are probably gonna be like 200 bucks a year don't put it up for sale yet

>>1137821
*property

>>1137820
>>1137506
your capital Prague alone is already larger and bigger in size than literally our whole country. Probably twice the size.

>>1136063
>owning property
>getting neetbux

top kek. though in germany for example they wont let anyone just die, you will always get something. but neetbux get restricted if you dont send out X numbers of job applications per month, and eventually they will just assign you a shit-tier job. if you dont accept, your payments get reduced.

obviously any property you own would get cucked away from you if its anything more than a 30m2 apartment.

So yeah its possible to come here and parasite, but it wont be comfy at all and probably way worse than average life in say romania or w/e.

>>1137839
How do people do it then? How do you have millions of Turks and shit doing it and getting free money?

>>1137379
Are there many locals on the island? How's crime? Do people "commute" back and forth between the mainland?

>>1137842
i actually dont think that many turks are freeloading. 50+ years usually work at factories, own their own little kebab/convenience stores or are retired. A considerable part of the younger ones actually integrate and have decent education and jobs. the dumber ones work as car mechanics, bouncers and similar jobs. there are obviously some neets too, but they either get supported by their family, turn to crime, or have to live in a one-room apartment with 400€ a month as spending-money.

>>1138123
>or have to live in a one-room apartment with 400€ a month as spending-money.
That's almost twice the average monthly wage in my country, how do I get that? Please tell me.

>>1138125
Well yeah but the average wage in Germany is 2200€, so 400€ buys you jack shit here. Half of if will be gone for groceries already.

where are you from btw? Even Romania has an average wage of more than 400€ so it has to be Ukraine, Moldova or Belarus if you're in Europe?

>>1138126
>400€ buys you jack shit here. Half of if will be gone for groceries already.
Groceries are half price in Germany compared to my country... so are electronics and many other things. What would you even do with 2200€? I can't even imagine that amount of money on one heap.

It's Eastern Europe, pretty much in the shittiness cluster you're talking about, but I'd rather not smear the "good name" of the country in question on /trv/. And the "average wages" you speak of that are probably from some official statistics are not what 90% of people have unfortunately... The rich have the same amount of money the rich people in other countries have, but everyone else has much less than the "average".

>>1132824
>$500,000
Buy a house in some eastern europe country and you'll never have to work a day for the rest of your life with that money.

>>1138140
You need about $250k to never work a day in your life and live a great life in at least 60-70% of the world.

>>1138140
>>1138141

But I'm 31. Probably gonna live until 80 at least so let's round it to 50 years.

$250k over 50 years = $5k per year or $416 per month.

Is there anywhere outside of Africa where you can live well on $400 per month?!

>>1138167
You literally get 1k/month from interest alone, what are you on about?

>>1138125
400 a month is nothing.

>>1138128
you can´t do much with. 30 percent goes to taxes, so that is let´s say 1700 left. Rent 700 per month is 1000 left. groceries 400 is 600 left. Go out 2 nights a month is 300 euro left.. Buying some clothing an everything is gone !

>>1138227
You people deserve everything you've got coming to you.

>>1138169
Tell me more...

>>1138335
not him, but buying rental property would work. 250k worth of flats would net you 1000-1500 monthly. Atleast here in Germany

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I am hijacking this thread. I am looking for a summer house in Holland, because I happen to love that country. But what are the best (rural?) summer towns in the country? Are there any?

>>1138347
>I am hijacking this thread

eat a dick

>>1138344
I wish I had 250k, I could live infinitely on 1-1.5k per month. Fuck this shit lfie :(

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>>1138503
Where do you live, sad anon?

>>1132903
ehehehhehehe

>>1136140
Actually those rundown missing a roof houses are very good, because you don't need a new permit to build a house of same size. If you buy just land you might end up in the bureaucratic hell trying to get a building permit, but when you buy a property with one wall left, you can be sure that you build a new house on the spot.

The quality of contractors varies significantly depending how south you go. In south the buildings are not thought to last so long as in the north, so they are not fe isolated so well (it's warm there too doh).

>>1138140
Buy two houses from a nice Greek island. Airbnb the other. Problem solved.

>>1138123
>Car mechanic
>Stupid

Hey university boy, can you explain how a catalytic converter works? No? Didnt they include that in your philosophy major, you trust fund wagecuck degenerate?

>>1138679
What can you do with 100k? Nothing?

>>1138686
hookers and coke you can do with it.

>>1138766
That's disappointing. Not even in a really poor country?

>>1138769
You could live for like 10+ years in any number of countries.

But then what?

you could live forever in some countries if invest it properly

If you inherit between 50k and 1.5M you're in the danger zone.
Too little to live off it, too much to ignore the crazy impulse of buying something you'll regret.

The traditional advice you're going to get which is intelligent is
pay off your debts
use it to fund an education ie STEM, finance, law, mba and little else.
put the rest half in the sp500, 25pct in bonds and 25pct in real estate fund.

Let's say you inherit 200k.

at 7pct per year average that's less than 20k. Then substract 20 to 50 pct for taxes. That's not going into the fees of selling the house succession shit, the bank calling you offering you stuff you don't need, the fees of managing the funds I've advised, etc..
and by the way, have you guys thought about that 2 percent annual inflation?
What about a 2008 scenario? You hit that kind of wall, you'll need to dip in your fund for 2 years. So you need
to have that security blanket at all time in cash or physical metal. This isn't paranoia. Greek citizens were literally FORBIDDEN to withdraw more than 50 eur a day or something. Having that blanket is a must. It is almost a guarantee you'll need it in case you banks goes tits up, stock markets has a brain fart, you hit a considerable hospital bill or else.

Rule of thumb is you can only live off between 1 to 2 percent of any lump sum.
taxes
inflation
security blanket
fees.
1/2

Let's say you still want to live off it. Have you guys actually checked cost of living objective numbers and the curve they follow. There's almost no doubt that if he chooses to live in eastern europe for example the cost of life will surpass or at least equal france within our lifetimes..
Similar case for thailand or other frontier market countries.

2Millions
at 7pct. min 2 pct inflation 5 pct
140k becomes 100k minus 30 pct taxes.
70k now remember you don't have any social advantage so health care insurance etc..
You're barely mid class now. And that's still the rosy approx without fees.

>>1138880
2/2.

The only thing you impulse buy with less than 1.5M is an education and some money saved to create and own your own business.

Next thing is very controvertial but I would advise to put it in a very leveraged vanilla investment. Like 5 to 1. SP500 and real estate, health care investments. Do this for 5 years then switch to regular conservative non leveraged.

200k.
90k for education and 20k business creation and 90 in leveraged vehicule It's a dice roll but it's worth it.

>>1138880
>>1138885
You're a complete retard, why would you live in a ridiculously expensive country like that?

>>1138889
which country?
My post applies to pretty much most of western europe at least.
And it's not like there's no inflation in australia, the US or Korea.

But a point I'm making is that if you think you can outsmart the amount of money you have and go live somewhere cheap for ever, the cost of living will augment there down the line too.
Then you'll be trapped.

Case in point, czech republic is a very good place to go and have a career, buy a house but given how fucking good life is and modern, beautiful and cheap it versus how dynamic it is the average salary has been skyrocketing for everyone there.

This means that property and everyday prices have been following.
If you estimate it's in your budget to go live there now, it might not be in 20 years.

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/czech-republic/wages
go look for max.

Same thing applies to virtually every country that is 'nice' to retire too. Including the shitty ones.
There is nothing in economic theory that perpetually guarantees countries with cheap cost of living.
Globilization is slowly erasing that.

>>1138906

Ignore this faggot
>>1138889
He isn't adding anything to the conversation

>>1138906
>which country?
Any country where you need this ridiculous amount of money to live a decent life. 70k gives you 7 years of a great upper middle class life in all of Eastern Europe.

>>1138880
>>1138885
>>1138906

This is not what I wanted to hear but it sounds pretty realistic. Thanks, anon.

>>1138169
>1k/month from interest
that is 12k/year. 12k/250k = 4.8%
where do you get that much interest?

Need help here bros. Where should I buy a house? I really need to be on the beach and preferably very cheap. Albania? Montenegro? Colombia? Puerto Rico?

>>1139966
Maybe he meant from 500k?

2.4% interest seems more possible.

>>1132411
>As an aussie who was in the EU recently I spoke with police in several countries
I'm with this guy. recently had to deal with cops twice at in EU as a (non dual citizen, unlike apparently the rest of /trv/ ??) Yank. they didn't give a fuck. no degeneracy involved, just some chick left her bags unattended in rotterdam and I was waiting for a train forever overnight in frankfurt

I flashed my US passport both times but they didn't even look at the motherfucker to see if it was mine or forged. just wanted a ticket to see I hadn't hopped the turnstile. it's not like they were too shorthanded to look. cops where I live normally patrol alone, but in Netherlands were in a pair, and there was a flock of them in Germany

I'm a clean cut white guy who makes a point of dressing well when I'm out and about, so ...

...

... as with everywhere else, the only color anyone _actually_ sees is green

>inb4 Black Live Matter accusation, that ain't me

>>1133471
> For example grandfather has 15 children, left no will on paper and all those children want the property.

hits close home. Northern Italy here and my grandfather had to buy out 9 siblings. only 1 of them was actually reasonable and didn't ask for anything more than (estimated value of house) / #living siblings.

>>1133927
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>>1140608
Nope. Los Angeles.

>>1140261
What about SEA? Cost of living in Philippines is supposed to be pretty low.

>>1134291
Immigration into Australia is based on a points system. Eg 20 points for a PhD, 15 for a bachelors degree, 10 for 5+ years work experience in a 'skilled' field eg nursing, bricklaying or engineering.

Average house price is 600k - close to a million in Syd or Mel and more like 400k in the smaller cities and towns

>>1138906
>>1138880
Bullshit.
20-50% taxes is a ridiculous assumption if somebody is planning to live off something like 200-500k.

Say you've put the money in a lowfee index fund. I've been getting returns averaging around 7% after fees. With 500k invested that's 25k/year after inflation. Not a lot but enough to survive in Australia or live comfortably in SAmerica, SE Asia or E Europe, especially once I supplement it with a bit of programming work or English tutoring.

Your advice of using it to pay for STEM, law etc is terrible. First, most countries have higher education systems that obviate the need to spend such a sum on your education. Second, those fields pretty much lock you into the mundane 9-5(+) prison which is great if you want to spend over a thirdof your life sitting at working ... but not everyone does. Living frugally is an option and it gives you a lot more time to enjoy.

>>1132352
better ask /biz/
not that they really know anything

owning a foreign propperty could be n awful experiance
you could get less rights than local owners, be discriminated against in disputes, and be slogged extortive taxes by both your and the other country

combine that with your lack of local knowledge and you could easily end up buying a place that floods or is next to a proposed freeway

it is very unusual to be allowed to live somewhere just because you already own a place, but that being said it is definitely a big plus on your visa application
CHECK WITH THE SPECIFIC COUNTRY

>>1132410
This is totally fake. France is not north Corea fdp. I have a family house in Provence, there is australian and british people who buy a house in my village and everything is ok.

>>1141219
this post is ***based***

>>1132498
I went to Berlin in April and literally no one spoke English except the people who worked at my hostel? Maybe it's just Berlin?

>>1136799
>Acquiring Mexican citizenship would destroy this option.


Quite the opposite, Mexican citizens can get Spanish citizenship after two years of legal residence, Americans take 10 years to do so.

>>1141406
What he probably was referring to was the loss of possibilities to acquire the European nationality of your "parent, grandparent, or ancestor..." once you (or your parents if you were still a minor) acquired willingly another nationality.

Getting the Spanish citizenship after two years of legal residence in Spain only works for those who were Mexican by birth, not those who acquired the nationality afterwards.

>>1132824
Check out Cyprus. I used to live in Paphos and loved it. Do learn some Greek, but English will get you by just fine. It's around €45,000 - €100,000 for a decent 3 bedroom villa with nice views. Also, since Cyprus isn't part of Schengen, they don't give a shit about immigration. Just get a long term tourist visa then apply for residency after a few years. I haven't had this problem being a Britfag but my ex girlfriend who was Canadian did, although I managed to get her the EU Family permit which allowed her to live and work in Cyprus. Even without it, she still got some shifts doing barwork and table service and it paid decently (€8 p/h). I would also suggest Turkey for cheap as fuck houses but with the current situation going on there, I wouldn't recommend it. If you have any sort of IT qualifications or experience in web design getting a job there is easy as shit, which could be a solution to getting a residency visa. If that's not an option, marry an EU citizen.

>>1142027
Thanks for the response!

How's the cost of living in Cyprus other than rent?

>>1132905
no its a meme

>>1132410
you're a meme