Bulgaria Realtor » Good 2004

Hello Again, World!

Jimmy Craig — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:29:27 +0000

Hello Again, World!

Welcome to Good 2004 and Bulgaria Realtor. This is the first post on the new setup here at Bulgaria Realtor. What we are doing is combining the original website dating from 2005 and the blog from 2007 into one happy package. This should mean that there will be more content for your reading pleasure and – of course – your information as well, and all in one place.

Well, that’s about what it’s about, so maybe we should start blogging!

Наздравици! (cheers!)
from Craig at
Bulgaria Realtor

Hello Again, World!

No related posts.

TV “News”

Jimmy Craig — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:21:19 +0000

Hi there,

I was looking at a French national TV channel’s report of a visit to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast last night. I won’t name it – but it’s French and the number comes right after one. I was not surprised – it was “confirming” the typical and predictable French opinion of the Bulgarian scene – and proceeded to report that “all” the large hotels on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast are owned by the Mafia (Bulgarian or Italian, they didn’t say). Then they showed that the resorts were empty, and then they showed some 60% finished apartment units and ran them down as well. I have to admit, I was not surprised by the totally biased reporting (if you can call it that) and I reflected that it would be nice to see a balanced report about “our” coast at least one time on tv, but I guess that won’t sell air-time.

What really bugged me though was that they then – in the same program – switched to the (French) Côte d’Azure and proceeded to show how wonderful it is. With all the fancy Italian sportscars and all the fancy almost-naked models. Never mind that at least as many large hotels (and many more of the fancy girls) there are owned by the Mafia (French or Italian) as in all of Bulgaria, they speak French and that makes it okay. Did you ever swim there in the summer? Yuck!

Ciao for now

Craig
for
Bulgaria Realtor

P.S. Remember, you read it FIRST on
Bulgaria Realtor!

Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)

Related posts on Air Time
Fitness Boot Camps Outshine Fitness Coaches | Walkers Britain
Colorful Personalities » Answering Your Questions – You Asked:

Related posts on Apartment Units
Pasadena to explore possibility of citywide smoking ban | US …

Related posts on Black Sea
Heiko Khoo expelled from the International Marxist Tendency …
Garnet Round | Jewelry Blog
All About The Music » Blog Archive » Helen Leicht's XPN Local Picks
Ukraine's Black Sea Fleet 'shift' – Myth Drannor

Related posts on Bulgaria
Hire cars in Bulgaria « Rent a car in Bulgaria

Farmland – A Quick Comment

Jimmy Craig — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:44:57 +0000

Hi there!

I just read this little bit on a blog – I’ll tell you where in just a minute, but please read this first:

“According to one source, [farm]land values have gone down 20% already in other countries, which would suggest the U.S. is lagging in a farmland price correction. Prices are down 18% in Brazil, 12% on the Canadian prairies, 20-35% in Russia and Bulgaria, and 70% in the Ukraine.”

This is a contrarian approach to the populist theory that farmland is a safe investment. The rationale? Farmland prices are being held up primarily by speculation, and as the speculator goes, so go the prices. Also, the theory that farmland will increase in value as the world population increases MAY be an ultra-long-term truth, but speculation in commodities can also kill that on the short- to long-term.

For me, the only reason to buy farmland is as an investment that you are going to work as a farm! And that comes with it’s own large family of speculation attached. Not a sure thing!

Oh – the quote comes from a blog called “Seeking Alpha” and you can find it at http://seekingalpha.com/article/148224-13-agriculture-myths-busted-this-bubble-is-ready-to-pop. It makes a fun read as long as you’re not heavily invested in farmland. :-D

Ciao for now

Craig
for
Bulgaria Realtor

P.S. Remember, you read it FIRST on
Bulgaria Realtor!

Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)

Related posts on Brazil
BRAZIL: ON CENSORSHIP, HYPOCRISY AND… BEER « Ebarteldes's Weblog
Earth Snapshot • Sediments in Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil
Nike (RED) Brazil Track Jacket | Soccer Fanatic Blog

Related posts on Bulgaria
Hire cars in Bulgaria « Rent a car in Bulgaria

Related posts on Bulgaria Realtor Blog
farmland – a quick comment
now is the hour – part 2
now is the hour – part 2
now is the hour!
construction costs dropping