The country is great for lifestyle and I believe most American (and other foreigners) buy for lifestyle.

@Bernardo BentoI was curious what it looks like to invest in Portugal for foreigners.

I work with a lot of foreigners investing within the US.

@Carlos RodriguezWe have partners who are foreign investors.

Another nice bonus of using this as a funding source is no closing costs, big help on the front end.Obviously, if all goes relatively well, the plan would be to hold these properties as rentals and refi at some point down the road when rates on mortgages drops back down a bit, whenever that may be.

I’ve read quite a few posts about foreign investor financing but most seem to deal with non-citizen investors without US credit or personal tax filings.

@Zach HowardWe have partners who are foreign investors.

We travel for work (healthcare) and chronically live out of MTRs, so it will be our first time operating a shorter term, but won’t be an entirely foreign situation to us.

However, currently there are no options for a foreigner to get a cash out refi on their property in Costa Rica other than for construction on the property itself.

The 10-year treasury is currently sitting at 4.62% as of 1/24/2025 up from 3.73% on 9/13/2024, reflecting a 23.8% increase over the last 4 months (Source).