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Winter in Sveti Vlas: What Life by the Sea Actually Looks Like

Winter in Sveti Vlas: What Life by the Sea Actually Looks Like

Winter in Sveti Vlas: What Life by the Sea Actually Looks Like I live in Sveti Vlas year-round. Including winter. Every September, when the last tourists leave and the beaches empty, I start receiving the same message: “Vikki, are you really staying?” Yes. I stay. Fourth year running. This question — “what is it actually […]

Managing a Rental Property in Bulgaria Remotely: Three Models Compared

Managing a Rental Property in Bulgaria Remotely: Three Models Compared

Managing a Rental Property in Bulgaria Remotely: Three Models Compared About a week after the notarial deed is signed, buyers tend to ask a very specific question: what now? The keys are there. The apartment is there. The sea is not — because they are back home, in Berlin, Warsaw, Kyiv, or Tel Aviv. And […]

Transferring Money to Bulgaria for a Property Purchase: Routes by Country

Transferring Money to Bulgaria for a Property Purchase: Routes by Country

Transferring Money to Bulgaria for a Property Purchase: Legal Routes by Country I get asked about this every week. Sometimes several times a day. “Vikki, I want to buy an apartment in Sveti Vlas — but how do I actually get the money to Bulgaria?” After 2022, this question became practically the first one in […]

Rental Yield in Sunny Beach: Honest Numbers

Rental Yield in Sunny Beach: Honest Numbers

Rental Yield in Sunny Beach: Honest Numbers The main question investors ask is: “How much will I make?” And this is exactly where I see the most manipulation. Some agents quote 10–12% annual yields and wait for signatures. Others show Airbnb screenshots from August and call it “average income.” I have been working in the […]

The Real Cost of Buying an Apartment in Bulgaria: Counting Everything

The Real Cost of Buying an Apartment in Bulgaria: Counting Everything

The Real Cost of Buying an Apartment in Bulgaria: From Price to Keys I always send a full cost breakdown to clients before they sign anything. Not because I am required to — but because a person should make a decision with their eyes open. Once I did not do this in enough detail, and […]

Property Taxes in Bulgaria 2026: A Complete Guide for Foreign Owners

Property Taxes in Bulgaria 2026: A Complete Guide for Foreign Owners

Property Taxes in Bulgaria 2026: A Complete Guide I get asked about this almost every day. “Vikki, how much tax will I be paying?” — and often it turns out that the person is worried about something that does not exist, while knowing nothing about the actual payments. This article covers every tax and charge […]

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