@Otherside I don't fully get the incentive not to ban them. Foreign investors pay property taxes sure - but they also aren't usually working and living locally, paying income taxes, goods and sales taxes, being part of the actual community. Even from a financial perspective it must be better to house citizens and residents who actually contribute to society here. My theory is the investors are in the policymakers' pockets, or too many policymakers themselves own investment homes and don't want to see their values take a dive.
Anyway, I can add another 2 reasons my country sucks:
1. Lack of cities and urban development. Second largest country in the world and we have only three real cities, and the smaller ones are way spread out and not worth the cost to fly. I've never felt this more than during covid when I have very few travel options domestically... lots of great nature but I'm more of a city/cultural tourist.
2. Lack of national identity.