Lol, I knew that would raise some eyebrows.
OK, it’s not exactly that I couldn’t marry a German. It has to do with the social system over here. Most women with children collect a form of public assistance from the government. So I guess it would be considered double dipping if I was not paying taxes and she was collecting this assistance.
So to be safe, when you’re applying for the TESA status you shouldn’t own real estate, pay German taxes, or basically have anything what so ever to do with the German government. It’s too confusing for me to follow, so I just stick with the good ol’ American girls.
If I was paying US or German taxes, there would be no problem. The realty companies have been aggressively marketing to the American community a lot more over the past year. If I worked for the US government as a GS employee, or a soldier living over here, the military would pay my mortgage for me and I could rent it no problem when ever I went back to the states. These companies know that and the number of new constructions I’m seeing have shot up a lot in the last two to three years.
I may be changing jobs (crossing over to government) in the near future, so if that happens, I will definitely buy here.