How we make money
Knowing how a resource is funded helps you decide how much to rely on it. So here is our answer in full, kept current, including what we plan to offer later.
Today: one paid service, openly priced
Right now the site earns from one thing only: a one-hour consultation for buyers and sellers at a fixed, public price (149 EUR, refunded if it was not worth it). There are no ads, no sponsored posts, no affiliate links, no listings, and no referral deals with agents, landlords, or platforms. Nobody pays to appear anywhere on this site. The guides, the checklists, the templates, and the community cost nothing.
We built it this way on purpose. Most housing advice comes from people who are paid on the outcome, which is a normal part of how the market works. We wanted to offer something different: guides you can trust because nothing we earn depends on what you decide.
Later: hands-on advisory for buyers and sellers
We would rather tell you the plan now than surprise you later. Two things are on the table.
Advisory work. We plan to grow the consultation into a small advisory practice for expats: paid, hands-on help through a purchase or a sale, working only for the buyer or seller who hires us. Each service will have a visible price, a clear description, and its own page before anyone is asked to pay. Paying us will always be optional; the guides will keep covering everything you need to do it yourself.
A small circle of vetted professionals. We may also introduce readers to independent, English-speaking professionals such as lawyers or agents. If any introduction ever earns us a fee, the fee will be disclosed next to the recommendation, the vetting method will be published, and no one will ever be able to pay to be listed.
Our promises
A few clear promises keep this site useful. We will not sell property listings. We will not take hidden commissions or undisclosed referral fees. We will not run pay-to-play placements or let anyone buy a recommendation. We will not sell or share your email address or any data you give us. And we will not let anything commercial change what the guides say: if the honest advice is that you do not need to pay anyone, the guide says so.
If anything on this page changes, we change the page first and say so in the newsletter. Last updated: November 2026.
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