Spanish Property Buying Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Property in Spain Merricks Media ( 05 July, 2003 ) Book Our Price : £ 16.44 List Price : £ 19.99 You save £3.55 (18% off) Prices subject to change. usually dispatched within 24 hours.

Buy this if you enjoy reading adverts

Im looking for a place to live on the Costa Blanca and was interested in finding out about the nuts and bolts of moving. Believe me this is not it. If you want a book thats packed full of glossy pictures taking up valuable text space then buy it. If you enjoy seeing adverts of homes for sale when this book was published in 2003 (nearly 200 pages of ads. with up to 9 ads per page) then buy this book. But for me... I was after something a little more useful like You & the Law in Spain (good book )- also available from Amazon. I think Ill just read The Lord of the Rings again.

Fantastic Guide!

Im looking for a home in Spain and wasnt sure where to start. Ive found this book is a really useful resource for property searching in Spain, since it tells you everything in simple "steps to buying" and covers all the detailed aspects, including legal issues. The price guide to properties is really good and detailed, since it covers each region, and there are lots of photos of all sorts of properties so you get a really good feel for the differences. I have also bought the French Property Buying Guide by the same publishers and I must say that Ive found them both really useful

Real Estate Investment Basics

I read the original Rich Dad, Poor Dad and had high hopes for this book. I was a little disappointed by it, though. Yes, it does have some good information but it seems to be more general principles rather than specific information that could be used. It felt to me like a pamphlet that had been padded out into a book. If youre an absolute beginner (like me) then its probably worth it but I suspect more experienced property investors may find it too basic. One other criticism I have is that at times the book came across like an advertising vehicle for some of Dolf de Roos other books. More than once I was irritated to read something along the lines of "there are dozens of different ways of doing such-and-such, read my other book to find out what they are." Having said all that the book does have some good information. Some of his principles will stick with me, such as: You make your profit when you buy, not when you sell; Buy from a motivated seller (who needs a sale) to get the best value; Seldom sell (to avoid taxes and transaction costs); You need to look at 100 houses to find the one bargain. The last principle particularly impressed me, Dolf is not claiming that this is a get rich quick scheme that allows money to fall into your lap without any work. Overall, worth it for beginners but I suspect if youve read a few other property investment books this wont give you any new insights.