OFW Retirement Plan: Buying Property Now to Live in Later
Buying a retirement property while you’re still working abroad is a fundamentally different exercise from buying a home you’ll move into immediately — you’re…
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Marjo Villarosa is the Lead Publisher of Apartments.ph, responsible for the site's editorial standard, its primary-source checks and corrections. Marjo writes most of the site's guides on renting, landlord and tenant rules, evictions and disputes, lease contracts, condominium ownership, and buying and managing Philippine property as an OFW.
Sending Money Home for a House: Remittance Strategies That Save on Fees
Saving for a house down payment is really a series of dozens of individual remittance decisions compounding over months or years — and small,…
Taxes OFW Landlords Must Pay on Philippine Rental Income
OFWs who earn rental income from Philippine property can still have Philippine tax obligations even while working abroad. A nonresident citizen is generally taxed…
How to Furnish and Rent-Ready a Unit Remotely: A Practical OFW Guide
Furnishing a unit you can’t physically walk through before, during, or immediately after the work is done requires replacing something you’d normally do with…
Condotel Investments Marketed to OFWs: Reading the Fine Print
The condotel pitch is seductive precisely because it’s built for people exactly like you: buy a hotel-style unit, let a professional operator run it…
What Happens to Your Property Loan if You Lose Your Job Abroad?
Losing your overseas job is genuinely one of the scariest financial events an OFW can face — and the fear that it automatically means…
OFW Home Buying Timeline: How Long the Process Really Takes from Overseas
Ask ten OFWs how long it took them to buy property in the Philippines and you’ll get ten different answers — not because the…
How to Open a Philippine Bank Account from Abroad for Property Payments
Every property-related payment you’ll ever make in the Philippines — amortization, real property tax, HOA dues, contractor invoices — eventually needs a landing point:…
Buying Property for Your Family vs Under Your Own Name: What OFWs Should Know
Here’s a question that seems simple but hides real legal weight: if you’re the one paying for the property, should the title actually say…
OFW Dual Citizens: Your Property Rights Under RA 9225 Explained
The Philippine Constitution treats land ownership almost like a members-only club: private land ownership is generally reserved to Filipino citizens and constitutionally qualified entities,…