> foreigner offers 2-Nx

or they realise they can make a killing on short term lets / AirBnb. A Portuguese acquaintance of mine proudly related how her family was converting her deceased grandmother's place into 2 (two!) AirBnBs - they'd even found a little old lady down the road to do the cleaning.

The Portuguese are lovely but they can be completely oblivious to the world around them sometimes.