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The reference guides

Ten guides to understand before investing: cities, budget, yield, documents, residence, taxation, currency, management. Every regulatory statement cites its dated official source. What could not be verified reads 'to be confirmed' — never invented.

The entry guide

The 21 checks before paying a single euro

Our entry guide: the exact list of points we verify before any payment.

Tbilisi or Batumi: how to choose

The question is not “which city yields more”. It is “which rental demand am I targeting, and can I serve it all year”. Here is the method — and what official statistics do not tell you.

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What an indicative budget of €70,000 can realistically cover

We publish no price per square metre, because we hold no official source covering the whole market. What we can give you is the full method for working out what your budget actually absorbs — fees included.

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Gross yield versus net yield: what your rent actually becomes

The figure you are shown is almost always gross. The one you bank is net — after costs, voids, management, currency conversion and tax. Here is how to get from one to the other honestly.

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The ten most common mistakes overseas buyers make in Georgia

None of these mistakes comes from naivety. Almost all come from the same reflex: transposing home-country assumptions into a legal framework that does not know them.

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Georgian residence through property: what the official source actually says

A threshold exists. It is not a promise. Here is what the competent Georgian agency actually states — and the five limitations that commercial material almost always omits.

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France–Georgia taxation: what the treaty settles, and what it does not

A tax treaty exists between France and Georgia. It allocates a right to tax. It removes neither the tax itself nor your home filing obligations. This guide states what is established — and declines to invent the rest.

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Euro, dollar, lari: currency risk in a Georgian investment

You pay in euros, prices are often quoted in dollars, rents arrive in lari. Three currencies, three moments, and a result that can move without the property moving at all.

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Buying off-plan in Georgia: the documents to insist on

An off-plan purchase in Georgia is governed by Georgian law. It does not carry the statutory off-plan protections you may be used to at home. The difference comes down to the documents you demand before parting with any money.

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Choosing a rental management company in Georgia

From abroad, your result depends less on your property than on whoever operates it. It is the most underestimated decision in an overseas investment, and the hardest to reverse.

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Apart-hotels and branded residences: reading the income promise

A known brand, an income programme, an advertised rate. The structure can be solid or hollow. It all depends on who commits, to what, and what happens if the commitment is not met.

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