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When there is the possibility of defying authority in any way the Spanish are World Champions. Amazing considering that the country as a whole is totally conservative in so many ways thanks to the 36 years of Francoism where to speak out against authority was tantamount to getting yourself a life sentence in purgatory from the Catholic Church

Justin Aldridge is a friend of mine who runs the Eye on Spain website. The website gives you excellent information about living in Spain and has forum where loads of people comment on all sorts of issues.

For the second in our series of other places in Spain to buy property apart from Valencia, which I cover of course, we take you to Almeria, Murcia and South of Alicante. This area is known more as Expatshire by many due to the high number of foreign residents but there are still areas where you can find excellent value properties in high quality locations overlooking golf courses and near the coast.

A new course from Mike Cliffe Jones about how to become a blogger. Mike is based in Lanzarote and is featured in the upcoming audiobook "SUccess in Spain"

Valencia Property on Facebook. Go to our Facebook page on the right here and become a Fan then you will get all the news we put up through Facebook without ever having to leave the application. Just go into the application to the right here and sign up as a fan if you have a Facebook account

One of the annoying things about buying a property in Valencia and Spain is getting a NIE number. It used to be that you could buy a property simply with a passport number but now you need a NIE number

Here is just a quick podcast to talk about how to use social media to its best effect. This is a simple usage of You Tube in order to help a client understand more and make the decision to purchase a property. It saved them a 500 Euro plane fare to check out an issue that they might have had with a property. The podcast you can listen to here and the video I shot is below.

There is one thing that comes along with life just like breathing and that is taxes. Taxes in Spain are different to taxes in most other places in the World

Here is the latest updating of my Twitter users in Spain list. Another ten people who if you follow them will give you more great information about their areas, their lives an Spain in general.

For some time now I have been planning my little rant on the top ten Spanish companies. However it is a reverse top ten really, these are the top ten worst Spanish companies. You may notice there are only five, well that is because I want suggestions.

Strange experience yesterday. I phoned three houses for a client for visits today and every single one of them had sold in the last two weeks

As a part of the series of interviews recorded for the upcoming audiobook Success in Spain (Or a related title) I interviewed author Nick Snelling. This excerpt from the interview talks about the primary importance of Education for people moving to Spain with children