Also, since you will be doing short-term private lending you should consider a Checkbook IRA (which is basically a self-directed IRA on steroids).

Portugal is a great country and its real estate market has been on steroids over the last few years.

It can be rough and rough just picking up a few single family homes, but what you are talking about is that on steroids. 

It gave me an introduction on real estate, Is like Real estate investing on steroids the amount of knowledge gained in a short amount of time is impressive, also it gave me the opportunity to get to 6 figures and transition to flip , Airbnb. still learning but if it wasn't through that avenue , it would have been very hard for me to scale.So Real Estate is about having tools. eventually you will find a tool you feel comfortable using .Lets not bash one another..

Many investors on BP do the same thing and some add using OPM...BRRRR on steroids.

One example is having access to the MLS, which is basically Zillow on steroids.

BRRR on steroids.. 

It’s kind of like Mint.com on steroids with much greater detail and much better features.  

Finances - Quickbooks Desktop Version (I don't like the Online version and it costs more money)Asset Management - SmartSheet; it's like Excel on steroids (except for the formulas).

Sorta like on steroids.