Everything you need to buy in Lombok, in order.
Not a pile of articles. A path: start at the complete guide, then work down the stages, from ownership and the numbers to due diligence, location and life after you sign.
Ownership & legal
Can a foreigner actually own here, and how, and what you are allowed to build. Settle this before you look at a single price.
Leasehold vs Freehold in Indonesia: A Buyer's Guide for Foreign Investors
The legal structures, what each costs, and which one fits your situation.
The complete guide to buying property in Lombok as a foreigner
The full purchase walkthrough, from choosing a structure to signing day.
Lombok land zoning explained: green, yellow and pink, and what a foreigner can build
Green, yellow, pink: which land a foreigner can actually build a villa business on.
The numbers
Separate the brochure yield from the money you actually keep, then move it cleanly.
How to model the ROI of a Lombok villa — a real spreadsheet, line by line
Build a defensible 5-year net yield and IRR for any villa, line by line.
The true cost of owning a Lombok villa: taxes, fees and the running costs nobody quotes
Every one-off and recurring cost that turns a 20% gross into a 7-12% net.
Paying for a Lombok villa: money transfer, escrow, off-plan stages and getting capital back out
Move money cleanly: FX, escrow, off-plan milestones and getting capital back out.
Due diligence
What to verify, in what order, before any money moves, and the red flags that should stop you.
Due diligence for a Lombok property — the 24-point checklist
The checklist that catches most deal-breakers before you sign anything.
How to verify a Lombok land title: SHM, HGB, Hak Pakai and the BPN check
Read SHM/HGB titles and run the BPN check that proves a deal is clean.
Lombok property red flags: the scams, nominee traps and pressure tactics that should kill a deal
The scams and pressure tactics that should make you walk away.
Where to buy
Six coves at six different points in the cycle. Match the zone to the risk you want.
Lombok zone-by-zone: the long-form decision guide
Every South Lombok cove ranked by entry price, yield and risk.
The Mandalika Effect: MotoGP, Infrastructure and What It Did to Lombok Property Values
How MotoGP and new infrastructure reprice land, and where the wave moves next.
Are Guling: inside South Lombok's early-cycle frontier cove
The honest case for and against South Lombok's cheapest, fastest-moving cove.
Own & operate
What happens after you sign: building it, running it, or living on the island.
Managing a rental villa in Lombok: the operator's playbook
Run occupancy, staff and costs like an operator, not a tourist.
Relocating to Lombok: the practical guide for families and remote workers
Visas, schools, healthcare and cost of living for families and remote workers.
Building a villa in Lombok: from land to handover, design, permits and construction step by step
Design, permits and construction in the order that stops budgets doubling.
Tools & references
Use these alongside the guides as you work through a deal.
The Lombok Buyer's Field Guide
Legal structures ranked by risk, the honest ROI math line by line, all six zones ranked, and the 24-point due-diligence checklist. The whole book — free in your inbox.
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