But now my question: How can I as a foreigner, buy a house in Spain?

@Isaac Geller As a foreign investor I definitely  think that you are on the right track looking at passive RE investing (as opposed to the direct route you were considering). 

Since my first comment in the chain, additional people have chimed in to say that the market will never go down againBecause foreign investorsBecause California Because some people don’t need to make money YaddaYadda YaddaNone of these factors existed before this current cycle?

I've tried a couple of lenders but they have a minimum purchase price of over $100k in order to be able to lend to foreign nationals.

In my architecture background I had no experience in dealing with financing so that is a foreign world to me. 

Most of my investing has been in North Main and the Augusta Road areas...urban lifestyle but good schools, affordable living, and convenience to everything...it's a gem.Regarding #2, yes our redneck homes are pretty affordable for many northerners...my neighborhood is mostly transplants and foreigners.

My wife and I are pretty committed to REI as our path to having enough to use our time for things better than money – maybe eventually in foreign missions.

What is the process to make my foreign assets count?

.- No annual report- No Annual Fee- No state income tax (c corp filing for tax not s corp pass thru)My question is basically, will I need to file biennial in Indiana if i register as foreign entity in Indiana (I assume this would be necessary to have a rental property with income in that state)I am less worried about the fee's for registering, but more curious about ongoing maintenance.From my perspective, if i have to spend a bit more money to register as a foreign entity in Indiana, but I don't have to file each year, the extra cost would be worth it to keep this thing low maintenance.Any thoughts or suggestions welcome.Thanks!

I put cap ex at 1000 per door a year ball parking it so 160 a month I am not including the studio in these evaluations because I will live theremaitnance as 85 a monthvacancy of 160 a monthSo over all looks like this so far.40k downprice 158500rents 1700 monthtax and insurance 560monthcap ex 170 monthmaitnance 85 monthvacancy 160 monthall together 975 a monthsubtract that from both units rentAnd there is 725 left over enough to cover the principle and interest and leave like 100 bucks left over for my utility's and such.current owner says the coin laundry downstairs covers the water and tenants take care of there electric and suchNow just 100 left over isn't much only 1200 a year not a very good return on 40k but when I move out and instal a fire escape in the studio as I live there I can rent that for another 550. after I adjusted the numbers for the studio this deal looks really good because I am able to keep pretty much everything the studio would produce.I'd get like 6k a year and get a 25 percent cash on cash which sounds as delicious as it can get.It is in a working c class class area. on the worse side of it. that's were most of the duplexes in the area are to be honest.