Almost every week, someone tells us they are looking for an investment property in Spain. And almost every week, after a few minutes of chatting, it turns out they want something quite different.

Here is the thing. The word "investment" gets used to describe two completely different plans, and they lead to very different properties, locations and paperwork. Get them muddled, and you can spend months chasing the wrong place entirely.

Which one are you? It is worth knowing before you fall for a property that was never going to fit the plan.

So we wrote a short guide that lays out both routes side by side and helps you work out which is actually you. No jargon, no hard sell, just a quick two-minute read.

As a buyer-side agency, we work for you, not the developer, so we have no reason to push you one way or the other. We would just rather you started in the right place.

Colin Robson
Sunshine Homes