>> I'm sure I'd have done much better money wise if I'd gone into BTL 15-20
>> years ago but I don't want to be a landlord.
>>
We never intended to become landlords, we bought our flat simply for our own use when we lived in the UK. A couple of years later we decided to take early retirement and move to Austria lock, stock and barrel, buying our own house. It made sense to let the apartment to cover the service charge. It's worked well for us, we've not spent much on it but everything is tax deductible while we rent it. I'd happily buy another but we don't have that sort of spare cash.
I think tenants here are in general well behaved. As in Germany, it isn't seen as necessary to own your own place,
and people rent for years. Our tenant claims to be a very practical chap, so I'm not expecting a lot of call on my time.
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