People who come in Bulgaria to buy should know that the decisions that matter are taken behind the façade. This is like this in every sphere of life. In politics those who are in front of the TV cameras voting in the parliament, and those who decide what to vote for are different persons. In business those that are named as owners of a company or a property and those who actually own it are different persons. There’s even an expression about it which meaning is hard to translate into English precisely because it represents a concept alien to the western mind: ‘на кого се води’. Each word is easy to translate and yet to convey the real meaning would take volumes. Ultimately it would take understanding Bulgaria in depth. Unfortunately it’s not the western world where responsibilities are clear cut and the sooner this is understood by those who buy here the sooner they could discontinue this vicious system that does not work in their advantage. WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE REAL ESTATES? The middlemen (who are wrongly called agents as there is no such thing in Bulgaria) take the legal decisions that matter (such as whether a security to be used or not) using their tame lawyers. That’s why they recommend lawyers. Thus they can control the process. And they need to control it so that it’s fast and easy going or else they will be paid latter or never. One person signs (the lawyer) and another person takes the decisions (the middleman).

I think thats the main draw back and because of this Bulgarian are not developed yet. Development need clean and clear policy so that people can have faith on them. But with such kind of dual policy and without proper back up, you cant expect anything and you will always have some kind of fear as well.

I agree with falaha and I hope there's an administrator to delete the first reply to my thread as it clearly has nothing to do with the topic.

Like I said, I agree with falaha however I'm afraid that my point was missed. What I meant is not that Bulgaria is a backward country (it surely is) but that the buyers should not jump to the conclusion that they know how things work simply because they know how they work in their respective countries. They should trawl the forums, get advice from different directions (not just from agents who have no vested interest in telling the truth) and so on before rushing to sign and pay. For example they should know that under the Bulgarian legislation there's no such thing as a real estate agent. Instead there are just middlemen and there's a key difference. To start with, the people and the companies that call themselves agents in fact don't represent the buyer and are not liable if the later ends cheated.

I agree with falaha and I hope there's an administrator to delete the first reply to my thread as it clearly has nothing to do with the topic.

Here we have somebody (bulgarianlawyer) trying to be helpful and we get this rubbish. So it shows admin haven't looked the forum for over a week!

Thank you Richard. The forums look kind of deserted lately, don’t they? Sorry, this is off topic too. ;)

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So what do you suggest as to do?

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