The sources disagree
The address, price, photos, owner details, or property description changes between the portal and the document you received.
Homi for buying abroad
Buying abroad means comparing more than the homes.
The listing portal is unfamiliar. Brokers work differently, and fees, documents, and local rules arrive in another language. Homi keeps every listing, claim, question, and source in one shared search.
Start free. Bring in local professionals when the search reaches legal, tax, inspection, or payment decisions.
Example collection
Mallorca second home
A calm base for long family weekends
Port de Sóller apartment
Portal listing · €690,000
Alcúdia townhouse
Local broker · €545,000
Palma old-town flat
Shared PDF · €625,000
Open questions
Community feesRental licenseOwnership documents
- Listing source
- Keep the original portal, broker page, or document attached.
- Broker claim
- Record what you were told without turning it into a confirmed fact.
- Open question
- Track the point that needs a document, visit, or local professional.
- Decision trail
- Remember why a home moved forward, fell back, or left the shortlist.
An unfamiliar market
Similar homes become hard to compare when every source tells a different story.
One portal includes community fees. Another leaves them out. A broker calls a room a bedroom, a listing calls it storage, and the document uses a term you have never seen. Homi keeps those gaps in view while you learn the market.
One search across local sources
Build a shortlist you can explain.
The portals supply the listings. Homi keeps the sources, reasoning, people, and unanswered questions together around them.
- Collect from unfamiliar portals
- Save listings from supported local sources into one collection. Homi keeps the original link, property details, photos, and your notes together.
- Compare what the portals call different things
- Put layout, condition, fees, outdoor space, access, and local terminology into the same decision frame while preserving the source wording.
- Keep claims separate from evidence
- Store the broker answer beside the document or source that supports it. Anything still uncertain stays visible on the shortlist.
- Decide with the people involved
- Invite a partner, family member, broker, or advisor. Reactions and questions stay beside the property instead of disappearing into chat threads.
Claims and evidence
Keep what the listing says separate from what you have confirmed.
A useful comparison preserves the source and leaves the next check visible. That gives your local professionals a cleaner place to start.
Asking price: €545,000
Source
Portal listing
Next check
Source captured
Short-term rental license in place
Source
Broker message
Next check
Verify locally
Community fee: €185 per month
Source
Seller document
Next check
Request latest statement
Seven-minute walk to the beach
Source
Listing description
Next check
Check the route
Scam and risk review
Turn vague unease into specific checks.
Homi can help surface contradictions, missing sources, and claims that deserve independent proof. Treat the result as a research checklist.
Payment is moving faster than verification
A deposit or transfer is requested before identity, ownership, contract terms, or the receiving account has been checked.
An important promise has no source
Rental rights, renovation permission, access, fees, or future income appear as claims without a current document behind them.
A warning sign is not a verdict.
Homi does not verify identity, ownership, title, contracts, or payment instructions. Use qualified local professionals and trusted official sources before you sign or transfer money.
From open tabs to a decision brief
Keep the search useful as your confidence grows.
The same structure follows the home from an interesting link to a serious candidate, or a well-documented no.
01
Describe the life around the home
Tell Homi how often you will use it, who will come, what the trip should feel like, and which compromises will become annoying after the first summer.
02
Save from every useful source
Bring portal listings, broker pages, shared documents, and your own notes into the same collection.
03
Compare facts and unknowns
Review each home against the story. Keep transaction costs, condition, access, restrictions, and unanswered questions in view.
04
Take a brief to local experts
Share the shortlist and open questions with the broker, lawyer, notary, tax advisor, or inspector you choose.
Local judgment still matters
Use expert help where it carries legal weight.
Homi gives each professional the same shortlist, sources, and open questions. They can spend the conversation on the market and the decision in front of you.
Ownership and contract
Ask a qualified local lawyer or notary to verify identity, title, debts, restrictions, and the contract before money moves.
Tax and running costs
Confirm purchase taxes, annual charges, ownership structure, residency implications, and reporting duties with a local advisor.
Condition and permitted work
Use an independent surveyor or inspector for the building, utilities, boundaries, permits, and renovation assumptions.
Rental and community rules
Verify local rental rules, licenses, community restrictions, and current fees with the responsible authority or professional.
Before you make an offer
Useful research with clear limits
- Can I save listings from foreign property portals?
Yes. Paste listing links into Homi or use the Chrome extension where supported. Homi can extract structured details from many sources, though coverage varies by portal. Keep the original listing link and confirm important facts at the source.
- Can Homi tell me whether a listing is a scam?
Homi can help you spot contradictions, missing sources, pressure tactics, and claims that still need proof. That produces a research checklist, not a verdict. A local lawyer or notary should verify the seller, ownership, contract, and payment instructions before you transfer money.
- What about listings and documents in another language?
Homi can help organize and compare the information you bring into the collection while preserving links to the original wording. Use a qualified translator and local legal professional for contracts or documents that affect the purchase.
- Does Homi convert currencies or calculate foreign taxes?
Use Homi to keep asking prices, estimates, fees, and notes beside each property. Exchange rates, taxes, financing costs, and legal charges can change, so confirm the numbers with your bank and local advisors before making an offer.
- Does Homi replace a buyer's agent or local lawyer?
Homi organizes the search and preserves the reasoning. Local professionals provide access, legal verification, negotiation, tax advice, inspections, and country-specific judgment.
- How much does Homi cost?
You can build unlimited collections, save listings, and invite people for free. Paid Scout plans begin at $10 per month when you want Homi to keep watch in the background.
Start with the first link
The search can start messy. The decision should get clearer.
Create a vacation-home collection, save the properties already open in your browser, and give every claim a source or a question.
Example search
One collection, local sources
Mallorca, Spain
Portal listing and broker document
Algarve, Portugal
Local listing and fee questions
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Shared PDF and ownership checks