It's that simple.The market in Lisbon has been overinflated by the Golden Visa and the massive buying of properties by Chinese citizens and others who didn't care what they paid for a property as long as they can get EU citizenship.

Whoever you choose, you need to qualify on their criteria, debt to income ratio, credit-score, employment history, citizenship ect. 2. 2nd, 3rd property and so on will not qualify like your first property.

., Yes, I noticed that, but thought I would jump in here because sometimes because of dual citizenship, green card status, cross border businesses, etc., there might be a U.S. income tax consequence, so I thought I would clarify in case any other readers were wondering.

He worked with an attorney (no, I don't know who) that understood the Canadian citizenship tax issues, and that attorney helped setup their structure.  

Not sure if it includes citizenship rights or not (that's a joke-smile.)There is money and fun to be had, but it is work, I see plenty of serious buyers there with computers and color coded spreadsheets, big file folders of research, and piles of money. 

I've heard of people buying properties overseas, but usually this means having some kind of passport or citizenship for the said country because you'd need to pay taxes for the real estate.

I’m in Hood River Oregon but am currently working on becoming a Mexican citizen to have dual citizenship.

And that is regardless of the individual's citizenship.

Are you an American citizen cause I'm from india and for that I need citizenship first? 

However, with another member of the entity who lives in the US, has citizenship there, and provides a point of contact for the lender to reach out to in case there is an issue, it would encourage them to help maximize leverage on cash out refinances (75-80% LTV).I help a few of my clients do this, so it is definitely possible if you know how to do it on the front end.