Hmm, not sure I agree with all you say, and that is as an expat dealing with Bulgaria for the last 15 years plus.

Flames for misinforming is not the way of this forum, neither is the way of asking for pm's from the very first post.

Open discussion is the way to go, for both buyer, seller and everyone else...

Sometimes, it is actually better to go direct to final completion than have a "prelim contract" in place, particularly for rural houses and land. Why are you interested in anyone else's opinion on this?????

You are wrong, locals do not always sell to foreigners at a price above agents prices - indeed, you wil find this is against the grain - as agents sell at inflat'ed prices only because they are usually taking the bigggest profit of all.

Hope this helps, JandC

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