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12/17/2025 3:22:41 PM EDT
Does anyone have any recommendations for buying a house to rent and possibly retire in another country? Looking for specific locations and experiences?

After a long time in EUCOM we bought a house and are looking to use it as a rental when we leave the area before we retire.
12/17/2025 4:08:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bladeswitcher][Edited] [#1]
The wife and I are considering that, too, but I won't tell you where because expats are already driving prices up.
12/17/2025 4:10:08 PM EDT
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I like the idea of a second currency diversification.
12/18/2025 8:55:06 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Bladeswitcher:
The wife and I are considering that, too, but I won't tell you where because expats are already driving prices up.
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Assuming you don’t mean Italy or Portugal?
12/18/2025 9:49:17 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By HuntFishGunCar:


Assuming you don’t mean Italy or Portugal?
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No. But those sound nice.
12/18/2025 10:52:56 AM EDT
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The logistics of being a long distance land lord have always stopped me.  
Hypothetically, it would be really interesting to know how things would have worked out on the one I dreamed about.  That would have been Queensland, NZ about 2001.  Though I REALLY suspect it wouldn't pencil out better than sticking with my normal investments (which we did) at the time.
It's fun to dream though.
12/18/2025 11:05:52 PM EDT
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My own experience is that there are property managers in most developed countries that make this possible for normal people. It gets complicated from a tax standpoint and as you enter retirement or try to go for residency or citizenship.
Just interested in people’s experiences. Europe, the Commonwealth and select Central America/South America is the only place I think about.

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