Buying land in Europe?

Obviously it’s doable for Americans to do so. I’d put my toe in the pond first by leasing/renting something there first for at least a year to see how I’d like year-round living in a place.

I’ve got a good friend who invited me to be one of five parties to all go in together on an Italian rural property, not to rent it out to strangers at all but to each use it for ~1/5th of the year. Mildly interesting for around $100k initially and then an estimated annual $10-$20k for maintenance/upkeep/ taxes/repairs.

I trusted that person but not a couple of the other parties is why I didn’t move forward on it.

I’m planning on short-term (30-90 days) leasing places in Europe in retirement at the very least.

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I’ve got a good friend who invited me to be one of five parties to all go in together on an Italian rural property, not to rent it out to strangers at all but to each use it for ~1/5th of the year. Mildly interesting for around $100k initially and then an estimated annual $10-$20k for maintenance/upkeep/ taxes/repairs.

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This never works out.

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I’ve got a good friend who invited me to be one of five parties to all go in together on an Italian rural property, not to rent it out to strangers at all but to each use it for ~1/5th of the year

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You mean a timeshare? Lol

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I’ve got a good friend who invited me to be one of five parties to all go in together on an Italian rural property, not to rent it out to strangers at all but to each use it for ~1/5th of the year. Mildly interesting for around $100k initially and then an estimated annual $10-$20k for maintenance/upkeep/ taxes/repairs.

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I’m trying to imagine the shite show this is going to present for these people’s heirs…

If you’re retired, just rent.

I’m a Scottish Lord and it only cost me $75

We're in southern italy. Very conservative. Not many foreign invaders

Casa de ocean:

Spent last week in Tuscany, Pescara and southern Italy. I would move to Tuscany in a second if I came across a good buy.

I live in Central Europe. Lots of positives, won’t bother listing them now.
If you’re in a risk taking mood I would look into Hungary/Croatia/Slovenia.
If the Russians don’t invade in 15-20 years you’ll be sitting pretty.

I go probably 3/4 times a year for a couple of weeks at a time. I work remote, so just work while I'm there.

House pays for itself since we rent it out during the summer, so no ongoing expenses for us. Europeans pay out the arse in the summer.

We have a car, so I can go explore any cities I want. And there's an international airport 20 minutes away with daily cheap flights all over europe.

eta: I fly for free from credit card points. Obviously, I stay there for free. So I can go to europe for two weeks and spend less than a thousand. We let friends and family use it for free, so it's always cool when other people go and use it. It's five floors and has a shite ton of space.