If you are an old hand at buying and selling property in Spain, then you can easily skip this section.  For everyone else, there are a number of things you should be aware of and understand before you get too far along on your search as they may materially affect what you can buy or come as shocks or surprises at a stage in the process that you really don’t need either.

These are:

• The buying process
• Additional costs
• Lawyers
• Mortgages
• Transferring your money