Thanks Graham,

what areas are you looking at?

Honestly, I've only been researching for about a week and probably won't be ready for the move until late of '09. I've found several small "hotel" properties (7 to 25 rooms) that have me intriqued because they all have room to expand into a small resturant or bar/club in addition to the hotel.

I'd love to own my own little business as a way to sustain my income while living there. I'm not wanting to make a fortune on the back of the locals or tourists, rather, expose some of the nicer qualities of my born culture to people who may otherwise never be able to experience the "good" things in America.

I'm totally undecided as to whether I want to just buy a small villa out right and enjoy myself, or do something a little more on the grand scale and own a business again. Either one requires a lot of research on my part with learning the local laws governing all the aspects of business, building expansions, remodeling, etc.

Good luck in your search...

And thanks for the heads up Dotty...No offense but I hope your wrong and from my perspective I hope I don't feel it's expensive :-) Everything is relative to where you're coming from and where you're heading :-)