Blog Archive: April 2022

Batumi Loves You

29 April, 2022 | Living in Georgia | 11 seen

R is For Restaurant - or here is what we got after spending 4 days in Batumi - dealing with a ton of real estate developers, cheesecakes and chocolate fondants, blue skies, and swimming pools. Hyper lapses and long-range drone flights.

Filmed with a DJI Mavic drone and Samsung Galaxy A52 mobile phone. Batumi April 19-April 23, 2022

High Risk / High Return Investment Opportunity in Batumi Real Estate

28 April, 2022 | Real Estate | 90 seen

After spending a weekend in Batumi I decided to take a closer look at the booming, but somehow stagnating Batumi real estate market.

At the start, I couldn't believe that there are real estate offers starting $750 per square meter. Now I have a feeling if I would look more carefully, and bargain a bit I could get something even for $500 in the new development projects.

Batumi Real Estate Crypto Investment
 

After contacting a few real estate developers in Batumi I was getting quite interested in buying an apartment under construction to sell once finished.

Here I made a YouTube video: Invest in Batumi real estate in Georgia?

I got a few offers, from several companies, and I focused on a small studio 26.6 m2 apartment with a price of $680/m2, with a downpayment of 30% and the rest in 24 months.

The total cost would be $18,088 once finished. For me, it doesn't seem much for an apartment, yes small, but an apartment in a seaside resort. And I believe I could sell it at $25,000 - $30,000 if there are buyers, or in the worst case to let it out. The only problem - there are zillions of such…

Batumi Central Park / 6th May park

27 April, 2022 | Tourism objects | 34 seen

Batumi Central park is really cool and relaxing attraction with a huge lake in the middle located in front of the Hilton Hotel.

It's said that the park/garden is more than 130 years old and was constructed together with Batumi boulevard back in 1881.

Despite I've visited Batumi zillions of times, I even have lived there some 10 years ago, this was the first time me visiting this park. Indeed very nice, with a little nice mini-zoo inside

6 May Park of Batumi is an ancient garden in Georgia. It has more than 130 years of history. The park was constructed in 1881 under the direction of gardener Ressler.

In 1885, for the park’s and boulevard's reconstruction works, famous Franch gardener Michael Dalfonse was invited. The total area of the park’s territory was 78 000 square meters for this period of time. Concerning the garden, it was named Alexander’s Garden, in honor of the  Imperator of Russia. In 1932, the garden was reconstructed as a cultural and recreational park, in 1933 as a park for kids, later on as a pioneers’ camp, and since 2006 its name is 6 May Park.

if you happen to be in Batumi, give this park a visit.…

Best Western Premier Batumi Hotel

26 April, 2022 | Hotel reviews | 27 seen

Best Western Premier Batumi hotel is one of our best finds in Batumi, the price corresponds to the service. Budget-friendly 4-star hotel with a swimming pool.

I booked this hotel directly by calling to the reception instead booking online and got a very nice offer - 800 GEL for 4 nights with breakfast included and additional head for our 3-year old kiddo. I think we saved at least 500-600 GEL. Quite nice. If you prefer online booking, here is my shame affiliate link: Book now

Not centrally located, but taxis are quite affordable in Batumi, literally we spent about 2-3 GEL for getting to the city center and GEL 8-10 to getting to Batumi botanical garden with Bolt taxi. Very affordable.

This property is 2 minutes walk from the beach. Best Western Premier Batumi in Batumi features a terrace. The property is close to Dolphinarium, Batumi Archeological Museum and Holy Mother Virgins Nativity Cathedral. Europe Square is a 19-minute walk from the hotel.

Booming Batumi real estate scene. Invest in Batumi Real Estate (Buying Black Frame Projects)

At the hotel, rooms have a wardrobe. With a private bathroom, all units at Best Western Premier…

Easter 2022

22 April, 2022 | Living in Georgia | 11 seen

Good times in Georgia or another awesome Easter weekend have been recorded in our tapes. From the windy mountains near Mtskheta, hiking trip near Turtle lake, egg fights in Tbilisi, meeting fellow Latvians at Vake park, and dining near the Bazaleti lake.

Enjoy the video and thumbs up!

Invest in Batumi Real Estate (Buying Black Frame Projects)

21 April, 2022 | Real Estate | 23 seen

For years I've been against real estate investments, as I have never really understood them, or they have seemed out of the reach because of the high price attached. Instead, I prefer the stock market and bitcoin.

Let's say I invest in what I understand. I cannot say I understand the stock market 100%, even less for cryptocurrencies, but at least I know how to make money out of them

Batumi Real Estate Crypto Investment

Real estate for profit-generating seems - way too complicated to me, and as long you haven't inherited some nice flat in a prime location, I don't see the point in buying it to let it out on Airbnb. By the way, a few weeks ago I met a girl in Tbilisi, she is doing the Airbnb thing in Tbilisi - she said, she can generate 100% return from her investment, which seems outstanding.

Anyhow, back to real estate in Batumi

The real estate market is booming in Batumi, at least for the past 10 years. Back in 2012, we lived in Batumi for about 6 months and I can only assure you, the cityscape has changed dramatically, not very well known areas of the city now have become very hot investment areas.…

Diaries from Tbilisi - Bitcoin's Correlation to S&P 500, Teacher's Parent meeting at QSI

19 April, 2022 | Living in Georgia | 6 seen

Good evening from Tbilisi!

The day started with a few short positions on Bitcoin, while I was waiting for the stock futures updates from CNBC, visited my hairdresser Katya, got my hair trimmed and straightened. Love it.

The futures market opened and showed kind of a green day ahead, my short positions on Bitcoin got challenged, but I decided to keep them open and see what happens next.

We went to the newly opened Domino DIY shopping mall in the Dighomi area and bought some goodies and tools for Sandra's urban garden in Vake. At 16:00 we had agreed on a teacher-parent meeting at QSI.

Had a lovely conversation with Ms. Nino, and discussed our 3-year olds achievements at school. All is good. Progressing by days.

The stock market opened and Bitcoin gained another 500 points, I kept adding more short positions, but at one moment accidentally placed a buy, instead of a short, took a small loss.

Not sure if sustainable, but for now Bitcoin correlates with SP 500.

Now packing our luggage for tomorrow's train trip to Batumi. 

Bitcoin, Gym, SP 500 and Tbilisi

18 April, 2022 | Living in Georgia | 14 seen

Another interesting week has started here in Tbilisi. At the night I woke up I placed a long position on Bitcoin futures at $40,017, later in the morning before going to the gym I noticed Bitcoin in but under $40,000. Once I was at the gym Bitcoin tumbled another 1000 points, and I had a chance to think a lot about liquidity issues.

Post-processed a few photographs and made a short movie about our Easter adventures. 

I know Bitcoin correlates with SPX 500, so I was waiting for the futures market to open and quite frequently refreshed CNBC. during the day Bitcoin bit recovered and I placed a few more trades with a long position. 

At 15:20 left for the QSI school, with Ramaz, our new driver. At the school noticed the Latvian flag was finally raised. Happy Made a selfie with daughter. i have been asking for the flag since mid-January.

Bitcoin recovered a bit more, the stock market opened - I sold one call option on TLRY. As we are planning a trip to Batumi this Wed, I guess I will have a very fun Friday with options.

Life is good! Talk soon,

5-min chart Bitcoin Trading Strategy with Parabolic SAR, RSI and Heikin Ashi candles

12 April, 2022 | Crypto | 166 seen

For the past two months, I've been experimenting with trading Bitcoin and Ethereum futures on the Deribit platform. So far I can report mixed success.

For most of the time, I was trading a 1-min chart, as it seemed to offer more trades, more excitement, yes it worked quite well, even profitable, but in the end, I always ended up blowing up my account, because of some open overnight trade e.t.c. For now, I can say 1-min candle charts are too noisy. 5-min candle charts take away some noise, at least I believe so. 

This is not trading advice. Investments in stocks, funds, bonds, or cryptos are risk investments and you could lose some or all of your money. Do your due diligence before investing in any kind of asset.

I stopped trading for a few weeks until one lovely Sunday afternoon sipping cappuccino at one of the posh Tbilisi restaurants I decided to give bitcoin trading another chance. Again I went to the 1-min charts and again I almost blew up my account. I watched a YouTube video about trading a 5-min chart with Parabolic SAR, RSI, and Heikin Ashi candles.

I decided to give it a try. After the first day of trading, I was really…

Top 20 Best Selling Hexa Core laptops

11 April, 2022 | Laptop Reviews | 121 seen

When referring to computer processors, hex-core is a term used to describe a multi-core CPU containing six cores. Six cores are even faster than four or quad cores.

Hexa core processor laptops are a popular choice both for gaming and business usage as mostly they come with better graphics cards and more RAM memory.

In this article have listed TOP 20+ bestselling Hexa Core laptops on Amazon. 

Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase on Amazon site, I will earn an affiliate income at no cost to you. Prices for laptops listed on this page are retrieved using Amazon Product  Advertising API and is updated daily. For actual prices please refer to the product page on Amazon.

• Boost Clock 1485 Mhz & Max Graphics Power of 75W
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March 2022 Dividend Income Report - $154.58

6 April, 2022 | Stock Portfolio | 16 seen

Welcome to the fifty-ninth (#59) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in March 2022.

Last month we spent both in Georgia and Latvia. We had a Spring break from QSI school in Tbilisi and we decided to visit Latvia, my daughter had a chance to pick up some Latvian, and I had a chance to install floors at our Vilgåle apt. Also, we bought an old Mercedes Benz ML 400 SUV car, so we have transport next time when in Latvia. Rental cars add up in the end.

Buying a car in Riga

From the perspective of dividend income - Last March was nothing to brag about, some humble $154.58 from a few dividend-paying stocks.

From the dividend stocks I got the following income last month:

DOW

$53.54

PFE

$40.80

WBA

$36.53

INTC

$15.51

ARCC

$3.82

AWP

$3.40

BAC

$0.54

GOLD

$0.44

Total: $154.58

Most stocks are from the DOW Jones list, these are the stocks I additionally sell covered calls on to boost our total income

Top 10 Best Selling Laptops April 2022

1 April, 2022 | Laptop Reviews | 41 seen

In this article, I've listed the top 10 best selling laptops in April 2022 on Amazon

Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, Apple, and HP are the brands of the month. As a proud owner of the Apple 2020 M1 chip macbook, I find it not surprisingly being listed among the best sellers.

A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase on Amazon site, I will earn an affiliate income at no cost to you. Prices for laptops listed on this page are retrieved using Amazon Product Advertising API and is updated daily. For actual prices please refer to the product page on Amazon.

• Powerhouse performance from AMD Ryzen 5 5500U mobile processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD storage, and AMD Radeon 7 Graphics
• The IdeaPad 3 14-inch laptop has 4-side narrow bezels that let you see more of the FHD (1920 x 1080) screen for wider viewing angles and less clutter
• Quieter and cooler with…