Advisory that runs alongside the search.
Structure, tax position and residency route are cheapest to settle before an offer, not after one. These four run in parallel with a property search rather than following it.
Ownership and clearance
Freehold in the Canaries is open to non-residents, so the structure question is narrower here than in most island markets — and it is replaced by a procedural one. The archipelago is a designated zone of interest for national defence (Ley 8/1975, RD 689/1978), so a non-EU buyer needs Ministry of Defence authorisation on a purchase where an EU buyer needs none. It delays rather than blocks, and it is settled before an offer because it is a condition of the deed rather than a formality after it.
Read moreInvestment advisory
An acquisition is modelled before it is made: occupancy against real booking data rather than an agent's projection, holding costs including the comunidad charge, IBI and non-resident income tax, and the realistic exit window for that island. The letting assumption gets tested first, because a Canary rental licence is a regional permission and the municipality can be closed to new ones.
Read moreResidency
Buying property in Spain grants no residency right, and the investor route that once did was repealed in 2025 — an adviser implying otherwise is worth leaving. What exists is a set of permits, chiefly the non-lucrative visa and the digital-nomad visa, each with its own income and insurance threshold and none of them granted by the purchase. This establishes which one a specific plan supports, and what the 183-day tax line means for it.
Read moreOwnership and management
A holiday home is empty most of the year, and the difference between an asset and a liability is what happens in those months. This covers the operating side: management, maintenance against salt air and calima dust, and the arrangements that keep a property lettable, insurable and compliant with its licence.
Read moreA brief is the shortest route to a specific answer.
Advisory work is scoped to a decision, so the useful first step is describing the one you are facing — the market, the timeline, and who else is involved.