Hello all. Hope everyone is well. My wife and I are in our mid-50s, living in New York. We love Italy, we got married in Tuscany last year. We’ve each been to Italy several times. We’re still a few years from retiring, but with all the time spent at home due to COVID shelter in place, we have been discussing some options for when we retire, and all our time is our own. One thing we’ve been discussing owning a 2nd home in Italy, spending two or three months there at a time and renting it out other times. We will do our research, but also figured this might be a good place to gather information form people who may have gone through this or are having similar thoughts. Any advice, thoughts or referrals would be greatly appreciated. I think we'd lean toward having an apartment in town center, where there's a decent transportation hub, such as Bologna, but also open to a house or villa in countryside, but not far from a town center. Thank you.
