Nikkibowskill

My husband and I ahve been looking into buying a fishing lake in france.Now my in laws want to come too and they want some sort of holiday home business. I have been looking on this website and starting a business and being self employed seems really difficult out there. I read something about having to go on a weeks course to become self employed, can anyone clarify this? I am also shocked by the amount of tax to pay and we ae wondering if we will be better off out there at all? Please help, all advice gratefully received! Also we have noticed a lot of english buying lakes and we don't know if there is still a market for it, and if it would cost a lot in tax if we own a lot of land.Thankyou