How to find your estate agent to buy Bulgarian property!

“Imagine you’re in a supermarket by a large barrel of apples with a sign that says Pick One – 6 Cents. Some of the apples are sweet, others are sour, a few are only for cooking and the rest look too green and not quite ready for eating. You think for a second and then reach in and grab the first one that looks good – only to find that it wasn’t exactly what you expected.
For an apple, it may not matter. But that kind of decision making often happens when people choose a real estate agent to help them buy a home. On the surface, all real estate agents seem alike. They all charge about the same fee, from 3% to 6 % of the sales price ( speaking of Bulgarian Real Estate Agencies ), and most agencies offer similar services. But, in reality, differences can be huge. Consumers who don’t do their homework can wind up getting bad advice that could cost thousands. “- say one home improvement radio show.

Northern Ireland’s property buyer Gary Taylor expressed in a letter to Sofia News Agency his disappointment with Bulgarian lawyer Maria Dobreva, who, he said, had “robbed” him of EUR.
Can we trust to one, not well known person found in internet by chance or to a small real estate agent, hasn’t proofed its reliability?
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