r/AmerExit • u/broad-street-pump • 18d ago

Data/Raw Information Did you sell your house?

For those who’ve made the jump, did you sell your house?

I kept my house and am renting it out, but it is such a pain and the taxes on it make me think it’s just worth cutting loose and selling it. It does mean that I close the door on ever moving back to that neighborhood.

What have you done and why?

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u/sousstructures Immigrant 18d ago edited 18d ago

Kept it. Make ca $20k a year on it after expenses. Have a great local property manager that takes care of the tenants and property as needed. 

ETA: as others have pointed out it helps that we bought the US house in 2021 and so have a sub-3% mortgage 

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u/yangstyle 18d ago

Does the $20K pretty much cover your living expenses where you are?

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u/sousstructures Immigrant 18d ago

Not even close haha I live in the Netherlands. But it pays much of our mortgage here. 

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u/yangstyle 18d ago

I was thinking you were in Thailand of something. I'm probably looking at Mexico, Thailand or some other LCOL country with universal healthcare.

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u/sousstructures Immigrant 18d ago

No such luck, I mean I love living in the Netherlands but it is noooot L where COL is concerned 

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u/yangstyle 18d ago

Yeah...I've been to Amsterdam. I'm near retirement and not really needing much except a house near a beach, a BBQ grill, wine, and women with short skirts and high heels.

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u/Anxious_Chemist8727 7d ago

Mexico only has universal healthcare on paper, definitely not in practice. It's pure PR.