olive farming

[elysian]

how does one start in looking to buy an olive farm abroad?? 

[ezapf]

...and how in the world would they ship it to you?

[elysian]

thanks for your answers. not wanting it shipped by the way ...more a case of mohammad would move to the mountain! will try google. cheers

[ewand]

elysian, another thing you could try is going to a property fair.  These seem to contain good links to foreign investment and purchasing businesses abroad......this might strike up some good links.

One further piece of advice,which would be a better and cheaper way of doing it is to identify the country of interest (and therefore any laws governing purchase of property by non-nationals etc.) and then search on the internet for non-international property sellers (i.e. local to the region you are interested).  You may well need a friend etc. to translate (if english isn't spoken) but you will possibly miss the large markups that are present on international property dealers.

If you identify a local contact, try to establish a good relationship with them and then travel out to discuss various options, and view suitable properties.

Hope this is useful!

[Octavius]

I don't know where you live, but there was a channel 4 programme where someone trotted off abroad to buy a vineyard.  There is also a fair in London (Docklands Excel ctr) called  A Place in The Sun where you can find out lots of info about doing just what you are thinking of.  Here are the links:

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/place_in_the_sun/apits_live.html

http://www.aplaceinthesunlive.com/