So I believe there is even more competition for cheaper properties and less for expensive ones.Overall, the French government has many programs from investors tax incentives to tenants subsidies to pay their rent that the RE market is not quite a free market, which makes it hard to analyze and compare to the US experience.The lack of a central database (MLS in US) is detrimental to getting a good view of the market and market trends so my view is limited to the specific markets I looked at.I can be more specific if I manage to close on a property in a couple of months ;-) Let me know if what I mention above appears very different than Belgium.

I am Bulgarian/French living in London UK and I bought 2 properties in FL via a LLC (I own 50% and my Mum 50%, she lives in France).

I can't name names, but if they have written a book or use French words as their title, I would suggest avoiding them.

We bank with Navy Federal Credit Union and USAA.

I was in the Navy for 11 year i got in march and now real estate is all i do.

I am an active duty Navy personnel who is due to retire after 20 years of service this coming January.

It was developed by an historian of the French Revolution, who noted that the poor of France were much better off than the poor of the Germanies, or Eastern Europe, who did not rebel.

. - If they are offering an interest only HELOC - home equity line of credit the monthly payment formula is usually the average daily balance during the month X Interest rate /12 = interest only payment per month - some HELOC's require you to pay principal and interest so you may want to ask your bank how their monthly payment is factored if you're monthly payment is 1% of the balance out standing (Navy Fed CU) on a 100,000 HELOC then you'll be payming 1000 per month but if interest was only 4.5% annually then your break down would be: 1000 payment (375 interest, 625 principal) - terms on helocs can usually be changed at any time there are clauses on the mortgage note that state (in my experience) that the lender reserves the right to modify the HELOC at any time so you may want to be careful.

I'm retired navy myself.

I have not found a site that works so we have coupled old-fashion with new "cheap" technology.1) They used navy fed and I an account with navy fed.