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Homes abroad  ·  Thailand, Spain and beyond  ·  No fees to you

Your place in the sun,
bought properly.

A beach apartment, a villa with a pool, a vineyard in the hills. We find the ones worth buying, tell you the truth about them, and introduce you to whoever is selling.

Book a 15-minute call with Rory Buying in Thailand? See if you qualify

A call, not a pitch. Rory takes it personally, and there is nothing to buy on it.

How it works

Three steps, one honest conversation.

We are introducers, not agents. We do not sell property, hold your money or negotiate for anyone. We find out what you actually want, and put you in front of the right people to get it.

01
A short call with Rory

Fifteen minutes on what you want, where, your budget and your timing. If we are not the right people for it, we say so on the call.

02
We introduce you to whoever is selling it

Developers and agents we have registered with ourselves, in the places we actually know. You deal with them directly; we stay on your side of the table.

03
They handle the sale. You pay us nothing.

The seller pays our introduction fee, and only if you go ahead. Commission never picks the property — if a place is wrong for you, we say that too.

Where we work

The places we know, not a map of everywhere.

We only introduce where we have done the work: registered with the developer, read the contracts, checked what a foreigner can own. That list grows as our buyers take us somewhere new.

Thailand

Phuket, Hua Hin, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Pattaya and Chiang Mai — completed condominiums foreigners can own freehold, and villas on the terms the law actually allows.

Property for sale in Thailand →
Spain: the Costa del Sol

New-build from Torremolinos to Estepona, with a registered introducer on your side of the table.

Bali and beyond

Bali on the legitimate leasehold routes, with the nominee structures explained rather than sold. Other markets as our buyers ask for them.

Property for sale in Bali →
The rest of it

The parts nobody warns you about.

Buying abroad is not just choosing the place. Two things decide what it really costs, and we can point you at people who do each properly.

Finance

Most buyers pay cash, but not all. Where a mortgage makes sense we can put you in touch with brokers who arrange lending for non-residents, and some developers offer staged payment plans or bank finance of their own.

Currency

On a €400,000 purchase the difference between a high-street bank and a currency specialist is usually thousands of pounds. We can introduce you to one. We never touch your money ourselves.

These are introductions to independent specialists, not services we provide. We are an introducer, not a financial, legal or tax adviser, and we are not paid by you.

The people you'll actually deal with

Two Brits. No call centre.

We don't sell property and you don't pay us — we're only paid by the developer, and only if you're happy enough to go ahead. So our job is simple: give you the truth.

Rory Phillips
Rory Phillips
Wealth adviser · takes your call

A wealth adviser who has spent years working with expats and international clients — and an expat investor himself, who has sat on the buyer's side of this exact decision. He takes your call personally.

James Allwinton
James Allwinton
Research & the numbers

Spent his career in finance — an investment bank first, then passing all three levels of the CFA exams. He runs the research and the honest numbers behind every introduction.

Book a call with Rory

Fifteen minutes, video or phone, no obligation.

Developers and agencies

Have stock our buyers should see?

We work as a registered collaborating agent for developers and agencies in Thailand, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere. We bring buyers who have confirmed their budget, timing and brief; your team takes the sale from there.

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By private introduction only

See if you qualify

We take on only a handful of buyers each month. Four quick questions and we'll tell you, honestly, whether a private call makes sense.

A place in paradise isn't for everyone.

Let's find out if it's for you. It takes about sixty seconds — and there's no obligation at the end of it.

How much are you looking to invest?

Ballpark is fine — it just helps us point you to the right homes.

When would you want this to happen?

No wrong answer — we work with dreamers and doers alike.

How might you fund it?

This stays private — it just shapes the conversation.

What matters most to you?

Be honest — there's no right answer here either.

Where should we send your qualification results?

We’ll email your results. Unsubscribe any time. The Expat Investor is an introducer, not the seller or a financial adviser.

Checking your answers

Against what’s actually available right now.

You're a strong fit

Your fit report is on its way to

What next?
Your Phuket Shortlist PDF
Book a 15‑minute call and Rory will build it for you

He sends it over while you're on the call.

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Thank you
We'd love to keep you close by.

From what you've shared, the timing may not be quite right just yet — and we'd rather be honest than pushy. We'll send you the occasional private update, and you're welcome to come back the moment things change.

You're all set.

You're on our private list. We'll keep you posted at — and the moment your timing changes, come straight back to us.

In the meantime, keep dreaming. It's closer than you think.

Do your own homework first

Everything we know, published free

We would rather you arrived informed than impressed. No sign-up, no email wall — just the research, including the parts that argue against buying.

Phuket, area by area

Twenty areas, what each one suits, and what the numbers really look like.

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Every buyer question, answered

Ownership, process, costs and letting — straight answers, no hedging.

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Branded residences, explained

How the category works: contracts, rental splits, service charges, guarantees.

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What it actually costs

Buying, owning, letting and selling — all four layers of cost in one place.

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Run your own numbers

Rental yield, transfer fees and mortgage calculators. Your figures, not ours.

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Phuket vs everywhere else

Honest head-to-heads against Krabi, Bali, Portugal, Spain, Dubai and more.

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Where we help people buy

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