Great channel & info but I believe the best option is to rent, especially for retirees. No problems, repairs, maintenance, etc. No worries about selling if you decide to leave! Who wants the headache of owning later in life.
I actually prefer owning because it's the largest part of the budget. But you make a very important point, if you do not buy in an area where you can sell, well then you're stuck. Thank you for sharing this!
I bet the rentals are also cheap there. I'm a Brit a handful of years away from official 'retirement'. Here in the UK, the house prices are also totally crazy and even the rents are going up these days. I also agree about renting instead but make sure the owner is a good landlord and will actually deal with any issues.. Having lived in Europe and elsewhere over the years, I also think buying might be the right thing to do there.
@@TheSilverHustle Yea, not sure what's happened to the UK, US and Canada, but they are certainly pushing people out of those countries due to the high cost of living. Thanks for finding us!
My wife and I recently returned from a 2-week trip to Puglia. We did one week with a base in Bari and the second week with a base in Lecce. When in Bari, we visited some of the towns along the east coast of Italy such as Pulignano a Mare, Monopoli, and Alberobello, all via bus or train! And while in Lecce, we visited Nardo, Galatone, Galatina, Santa Maria al Bagno, Otranto, Castro, Ssanta Maria di Leuca, and Gallipoli. We loved just about everything we experienced! We were astonished at how affordable stuff was in restaurants, farmers markets, and grocery stores. Things were even amazingly affordable in Rome! We didn't notice hardly any other Americans, though and that is something that an American looking to retire in Puglia would have to take into consideration. We only saw a handful of American tourists and didn't see any Americans who were living there permanently. I'm sure there are some, but we didn't see them. The trip definitely reinforced my interest in retiring in southern Italy!
Living your retirement years in a country that is not yours, completely deprived of your roots, immersed in a different culture, in a relationship with a language whose nuances you will never understand and far from your loved ones and lifelong friends, it is absolutely one of the most infinitely sad things a man can do. I feel compassion for those who make this unfortunate choice.
I've been researching moving to Italy. There's a lot of people leaving due to no jobs available also everything is very political there. I find the information you give to be very interesting.
Ré's videos and interviews are always terrific, but many of us will want to stay away from Europe as long as there is a threat of a war in Europe between NATO and Russia, even for vacation.
