International Living Community

Hi there!

How exciting that you'll be in Malaga and at the conference in Portugal! I'll be there too. Thank you for letting us know about the email issue. We're looking into it.

Here are a few recommended realtors for Malaga:

Remax Top Málaga (Hamilton Beau Bone), Av. Del Obispo Angel Herrera
Oria 2, 29007 Málaga
+34 952310562
https://www.remax.es/buscador-de-agentes/malaga/malaga/cruz-de-humilladero-arroyo-del-cuarto/hamilton-bone-26986/

Inmobiliaria Krauel, Calle Sancha de Lara, 13 bajo, Málaga 29015; tel.
+34 (952) 210-457 and +34 (952) 210-947; email: krauel@innmokrauel.com;
website: www.inmokrauel.com

Málaga Estates, Calle Hinestrosa, 25, Málaga 29012; tel. +34 (952) 223-288
and +34 (600) 783-711 mobile; email: info@malagaestates.com; website:
www.malagaestates.com

Marisa Kagan, is a “global ambassador” for the National Association of Realtors, for Italy, Portugal, and Spain. She’s based in US, but has reliable contacts in Spain, and can provide some recommendations too.

mkagan@globalrealtysolutions.com

I hope this helps!

Cepee Tabibian, IL Spain Correspondent

I've never stayed longer than ten days, so I don't know about staying a month. I just got mine at the airport to avoid the hassle.

I have recently spent time in both Costa Rica and Mexico looking for my Not-in-America home. I love them both, but they are different, and there are so many variables. I am landing in Mexico, but Costa Rica is fine as well. I agree with the other comments, that it would be good to take a long vacation in both before you decide.

Happy hunting
Annabella

Hi!
I just sent you a message on Whatsapp. I saw your reply above and your offer to help the poster with the Tamarindo area. My wife and I will be in Tamarindo in early March and I was hoping that your kind offer might extend to us as well. We will be meeting our daughter for her spring break from college so we won't have a lot of time, but I would like to take advantage of being there to investigate real estate opportunities in the area. This is the first time I have used the IL community forum and I'm not sure I could get back to it...not the most tech savy person on the planet 🙂 If you would be so kind as to respond in WhatsApp that would be wonderful. Thank You!

Hi Laura, My name is David Hammond. I moved from the U.S. to Uruguay 19 years ago when I was 46. I had a good net worth, but did not have a regular passive income. I learned that Uruguay and many other countries in Latin America won't consider a residency applicant's net worth--only their monthly income.

However, the regular income does not need to be social security or a pension. In several countries, it can be any form of regular monthly income. What many do (and what I did) is to invest their savings so that it produces a monthly income that can be used as proof of monthly income, such as rent income, dividends, etc.

If that doesn't make sense for you, here are a couple of other strategies to consider:

I've met many people who got a job teaching English in order to move abroad. It provides you with a visa to live in a country without a passive monthly income. It will enable you to earn some money and also to develop a social circle right off the bat. From what I understand, you can get a TEFL certificate at an online school in a matter of months. And in many places native English speakers are in demand.

I've also met several expats who enjoy a roaming life abroad--without needing a foreign residency. In many countries one can stay as a tourist for 90 days. And for a small fee extend one's stay for another 90 days--for a total of 180 days. People who do this might stay in one country for 5.5 months, another for 5.5 months, and then travel for a month.

Good luck to you!