Hello,
I hope that this topic is appropriate for this forum. If not, I apologize in advance.
I am a Croat born in and currently living in Canada. My wife and I spend 2-4 weeks every year in Croatia to visit family and to vacation. We are interested in buying an apartment or house in the Sibenik or Zadar area that we can use when we are in Croatia and maybe even live in full time one day (we are also considering potentially setting up a business in Croatia).
For the rest of the year, we would want to rent it as a soba for tourists. Does anyone on this forum have any experience managing a rental property remotely, and if so, could you recommend a way to find property management agencies that do this for someone living outside of Croatia?
Unfortunately, my family in Croatia lives in Zagreb and Osijek, so they would not be an option for managing the property on my behalf. They also do not seem to know how it would work for managing a property remotely.
As for buying a property in Croatia, if I chose to get financing, would I have to go through a lending institution in Canada or Croatia? And to get financing from a Croatian lender, do you need to be a citizen? Due to some complicated political issues, my parents chose not to declare my birth to authorities in Croatia, so I am not actually a citizen (although a representative at the consulate has indicated to me that I can become a citizen fairly easily due to the unusual circumstances and situation).
Thanks.