Buying Property Abroad, What to Consider

It is about Lebanon and Turkey. I would like to buy two small apartments there and use them as holiday homes. I have to pay taxes etc. in the country where the apartment is located.

If I rent it out, I have to pay taxes on it in the country where the property is, right?

But in Germany, I don't have to declare anything then, or how exactly does it work?

Or do I have to register it in Germany if I receive rent from abroad, and if I only use it as a holiday home, I don't have to do anything?

But in Germany I don't have to register anything then, or how exactly does it work?

You already got the answer from Scout and Pamiko. Yes, you have to declare the income. If you have no idea, go to a tax advisor.

Yes, only the income if I have any, right? But if I pay tax on the income abroad, I don’t pay any more in Germany. I just have to declare it, right.

But what if I have no income? Then I don’t have to declare anything because I will use it as a holiday apartment. Did I understand that correctly? I will go to a tax advisor. But at the moment I am abroad and just wanted to know how it works before I buy something. Whether I have to inform Germany etc. That I have a holiday apartment and so on.

Unfortunately, I can’t find any website on Google that explains it. Maybe you have a good site regarding this.

Google something like real estate purchase abroad tax

Go see a tax advisor. Once an explanation is given, you do it yourself.

I will do the tax declaration when I am in Germany. I just want to know now if I buy [it] now and use it as a holiday apartment, do I have to report anything to Germany. I will inform myself later about renting and so on. My only concern is that I want to buy now and initially keep it empty as a holiday apartment. Do I have to do anything in Germany? Since I will use it as a holiday apartment in the first years.