Renting vs Buying While Living Abroad
A clear, sober framework for deciding whether renting or buying abroad actually makes sense for your legal, financial, and lifestyle situation — before you make a costly mistake.
Why This Decision Is So Often Mishandled
Most people make this choice emotionally, not structurally. They see a beautiful property, hear a compelling story, or assume ownership equals security — without understanding how residency rules, taxation, financing, exit risk, and local market liquidity actually work.
What This Guide Helps You Think Through
This guide doesn’t tell you what to do. It helps you ask the right questions: how long you plan to stay, how mobile you need to remain, what legal leverage ownership does or does not give you, and how to avoid turning a lifestyle experiment into a long-term financial anchor.