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Hi There, We have applied to immigrate to Canada. We have had to make a special case as we lost points due to our age. We employed an immigration consultant because our case was not straight forward. Fingers crossed that we will be successful. In the meantime we are thinking about buying a...

Hello Lukas, Yes this is the first time this type of lending has been done in this format so it is a bit of ground breaker and so far so good. with out going into the mechanics of it it relatively a simple structure you put a cash deposit in a lending bank here that has a lending...

Hello Cade, I don't know your contract of course. But read through it carefully. Did you have an inspection done on the home? Some state that if you don't like something on the inspection you can back out. Some state that the owners need to be given a chance to fix it, so that wouldn't work...

Hello everyone, We are relocating from Sydney to London in July with our kids (4 & 1year). Would love some advice about where would be a good place to settle. Our son will start school in September so we need an area with good state schools, not too expensive (willing to pay up to 1350 per...

Welcome all, Anyone recently moved to Southern France? I lived there for a year 6 years ago and now would love to return. The cost of living is high yet I would like to know if there are possibilities living in a small villages, 20 minutes by bus, from Nice or San Remo? I paid U.S.$450 in nice...

Hello to all! This is a great site! We are going to Costa Brava in January to look for somewhere to live. Not sure if we want new or re-sale. We have not definitely decided on the Brava but thought it would be a good place to start! We want to live inland rather than in amongst the tourist...

Hello everyone, I have seen some interesting posts here about investing in Bulgaria and thought to add my modest insight and suggestion for those who are still interested in investing in the opportunity! Problem: 1.From my experience on the Bulgarian property market (4 years) I have seen...

Hi Malachi, It is interesting to hear you're thinking of investing in property within Eastern Europe. I can't speak from personal experience, but I have noticed a growing interest in Bulgaria on this site and other expat publications, so that might be worth a look. One of our members...

Hi all, After a bit of head-scratching for a business idea I have come up with the proposition of setting up an overseas property agency, helping people in the US to invest in property abroad. While I have no direct experience in the property industry, I lived for many years in one of the...

Hi, Malachi A warm welcome to Expat Focus and our forums, good to hear from you. Good luck with your move to Thailand - two of our main contacts or expat "experts" for Thailand info are members Sumitr_Man and Khunsee, so it might be worth sending one or both of them a private message (PM) to...

Hi There, I've been in Portugal a couple of times recently and I have agreed on a price for a property. I am now planning to return again to get my fiscal card, open up a bank account and instruct a lawyer. I have been reading up on this on the internet but I'm a little concerned about...

I know there is a lot of conflicting information (but this is Bulgaria) My girl Friday always takes us to re register at the immigration office which is in Varna, attached to the Police station but no police in there, now I have my D Type visa and last Friday I went there and applied for my...

I am interested in buying a 2 bed apartment on the northern coast. been there once years ago. I don't want off plan or old property but something that can be seen and is finished. Does somebody also know how I can get in touch with a good and reliable property dealer who would help me out...