The OTC route works but there's actually a cleaner way to handle this without hunting down traders. Linea has a native bridge that moves ETH straight over to Ethereum without needing a middleman. You can use this bridge, for example: https://defiway.com/bridges/bridge-eth-linea-ethereum . You just connect your wallet, punch in the amount and it does the rest. Fees are pretty reasonable and you're not waiting on some random trader to forward your funds.

A lot of countries are really pushing to bring in foreigners these days, some will literally give you citizenship just for putting enough into real estate. Dubai's where I'd be looking right now, prices have come down and there's no better time to get in. Infrastructure's solid, you've got the sea, and the heat's not nearly as rough as people think since pretty much the whole city runs on air conditioning. Check out what apartments are listed here: https://atvir.com/uae/residential-complexes/apartments . There's probably something in there that fits your situation.