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Buying property in Portugal: your viewing trip
A viewing trip is the most exciting stage in the journey towards buying a property in Portugal. But taking some time to properly plan your viewing trip is essential and will pay dividends in the end. It helps you to get the most out of your viewing trip to Portugal and will ensure you avoid wasting precious time looking around areas and properties that don’t appeal to you.
Here we suggest 10 tips to ensure your viewing trip to Portugal is pleasurable, productive and legally watertight.
Renting out your property in Portugal
In this guide, we present a selection of important tips around renting out your property in Portugal, whether an under-used holiday home or a pure investment vehicle.
While doing so can bring in a reliable stream of income, it’s crucial to remember that letting out a property is, essentially, running a business. It comes with a range of legal obligations and professional responsibilities.
The short-term rental sector is tightly regulated in Portugal. Falling foul of its rules and regulations could see your home costing you money rather than earning you money. These tips will help you to avoid the pitfalls.
How to retire to France
Retirement in France offers an active and adventurous new start in life where you're only as young as you feel. But post-Brexit, or as a third-country national, how do you retire to France? While retiring to France has become a little more bureaucratic since Britain...
Your checklist for a golden visa in Portugal
Buying a €500,000 property can gain you that golden ticket to live in Portugal on your own terms, whether you're post-Brexit or never were an EU citizen. But time could be running out. Here is how you could get that coveted golden visa in Portugal. Portugal has...
Top reasons for attending a Spain property webinar
Buying a property in Spain might be on your radar whether it is now, soon or even in a couple of years time. A lot of our property buyers find information about buying a property in Spain available online to be overwhelming, conflicting, confusing or too often very...
Tips for successful Viewing Trip in France
When planning to view properties in France, there are several considerations to make. It isn't as easy as jumping on a plane and hiring a car at the airport, although many stories from property buyers might imply this is the case. Firstly, viewing properties in France...