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PROPERTY
Before you buy
I bought property in Spain, discovered what the asking price did not explain and turned the real costs, risks and practical lessons into the Spain Property Buyer Toolkit.
Spain Property Buyer ToolkitCLUELESS GENE
Real experiences. Real numbers.Better questions before big decisions.
From buying property in Spain and calculating the real cost of travel to my search for a Farm by 50, I turn what I learn into practical tools for people making similar decisions.
Clueless Gene is an experience-led property, travel and rural-living website built around real projects, real numbers and practical tools.
TRUST. CHECK. DOCUMENT.Property · Travel · Farm by 50
THE CLUELESS GENE MODEL
Three different decisions.
One practical way of thinking.
Experience Discoveries Real numbers Practical tool
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TRAVEL
Before you go
I pay attention to what trips cost beyond the flight and hotel—from parking and road charges to local taxes and destination fees—and use what I find to improve the Travel Cost Checker.
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FARM BY 50
Before you buy the dream
As I search for a farm, I document the land, water, permissions, renovation and hidden-cost questions that separate an attractive listing from a workable project.
Farm Reality CheckerBUYING PROPERTY IN SPAIN?
Spain Property
Buyer Toolkit.
I bought my own property in Spain without an agent or lawyer guiding me through the process—and discovered very quickly how much there was to understand beyond the asking price.
The Spain Property Buyer Toolkit brings together the checks, numbers, questions and lessons I wish I had in one place before I started.
Built from real buying, renovating and ownership experience—not theory.
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THE PERSON BEHIND CLUELESS GENE
Hi, I’m Gene.
I travel, buy property, chase a Farm by 50 dream and tend to ask a lot of questions along the way—especially when the numbers don’t quite add up.
Clueless Gene is where I share what I discover: the useful bits, the expensive surprises, the mistakes and the things I wish somebody had told me beforehand.
More about meFEATURED STORIES
Property. Travel. Farm by 50.
Property Stories
I Bought an Apartment in a Town I Once Called Ugly
My first assessment of Torrevieja was not “investment opportunity.” It was “What an ugly town.” Years later, a Facebook Marketplace advert brought me back.
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Farm by 50
Farm by 50: The 50×50 Challenge
Can I find a farm for around 50k before I turn 50? One budget, one birthday and a very big dream.
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Farm by 50
I Found Four Possible Farms in Spain. Then I Ran Them Through My Farm Reality Checker
I found four possible rural properties in Spain and ran each through my Farm Reality Checker. The same result led to four very different decisions.
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Travel & Life
7 Days Around Iceland: What I Planned, What Actually Happened, and What I’d Do Differently
Seven days, ten routes, 2,422 kilometres, three aurora nights—and the parts of Iceland I never planned for.
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