I understand clearly that the real estate market in Germany has its own specifics, especially when it comes to prices, laws, regulations, and taxes and much of the information on BP cannot be applied to the local market.

Since the seller backed out, I think your agent and the seller's agent should be paid by the seller.You got me curious about it, I just went through my emails to find what it was, it's labelled a Administrative Support Commission, (Keller williams) it says that they put in time, effort, support to comply with regulations and  PA requires them to keep copies for 3 years, so this is a separate fee.

I think part of my problem is that all of the common real estate valuation models seem relatively simplistic in a way that doesn't account for things like an aggressively rising interest rate environment - which would not only affect your debt service, but property marketability, etc.....

It is advisable to do your due diligence and ask about such things as how long have they been in business, are alternative assets their sole focus, are they BBB accredited and rated, are they a regulated financial institution, have they ever been sanctioned by any regulatory bodies, how many accounts and how much in assets do they administer?

I do commercial real estate so a different environment but I did some residential way back when for friends and family.If you are getting excuses you can always approach the broker in charge or principal broker of that company.

IRAs are covered by ERISA regulations, which formed the concept of an IRA and the rules governing them.

Therefore, Oxford Houses are not subject to zoning laws regulating the number of unrelated individuals who may live in a single family dwelling.

With these plans, the custodian is still there to comply with the IRS regulations.

And/or if the industry or munis make policy that regulates vacation rentals.

I've not done any work outside of Colorado, but you'll definitely want to check into the local subdivision regulations- zoning is only 1/2 the battle.Make sure you consider the amount of time it takes to get a subdivision plat approved, around here it's 18-24 months, though I know some areas jam them through much more quickly.