About · The desk
A Greek deal desk built for capital that values discretion over noise.
Clear Properties is a discreet hospitality acquisition & disposition desk serving international investors, hotel owners, and operating groups across Greece. Sourcing and investor relations through to Greek-side execution — notarial coordination, AFM, banking, and in-country owner relations — are managed end to end, under one coordinated, fully confidential transaction.
Why we exist
The Greek hospitality market still moves on relationships, language, and reputation.
Three sides of every transaction rarely meet in public. Long-tenured Greek owners — second- and third-generation families that have run their hotels since the 1960s, 70s, and 80s — are weighing exits but do not list on portals. International investors — family offices, hospitality funds, branded operators — are actively allocating to European hospitality but lack the on-the-ground reads they need on Greek opportunities. Brokers in Athens, Cyclades, and Crete hold confidential mandates worth millions but lack the cross-border counterparty trust required to monetise them.
We sit at that intersection. We translate. We structure. We underwrite. And we close — with a written brokerage mandate, NCNDA protection on every channel, and institutional-grade analysis on every deal we present.
Our work is intentionally quiet. Most of the deals we transact will never appear on Spitogatos, Booking.com, or any aggregator. That is the point.
Founders
Two principals. One mandate.
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Ravid Zer
Co-founder · Deal sourcing, investor relations, financial structuring
- Based:
- Israel-based · works across Athens, Cyclades, Crete
- Languages:
- Hebrew · English · working Greek (via counsel)
Focus
- · Originates buy-side and sell-side mandates
- · Manages the international investor relationships — Israeli, Austrian, German, US, Gulf
- · Leads financial underwriting, three-scenario modelling, structuring (IKE / SPV / holdco)
- · Coordinates Greek banking, tax, and notarial layers cross-border
Background
Background in real-estate investment underwriting and cross-border deal structuring across European and Israeli markets.
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Boaz Polak
Co-founder · Acquisitions, owner relations, Greek-market operations
- Based:
- Operates on the ground in Greece
- Languages:
- Hebrew · English · working knowledge of Greek market mechanics
Focus
- · Direct seller and owner relationships — particularly with multi-generational Greek hotel families
- · Property-side due diligence — αυθαίρετα, Σ.Δ., Ktimatologio, ESL, Electronic Building Identity
- · Operator transitions and on-site asset reviews
- · Coordination with Greek counsel and notaries through Closing
Background
On-the-ground experience across Greek property markets and operating-side asset management.
All Greek-side mandates are executed through Greek-licensed local counsel and brokerage, with notarial coordination on each transaction. Every engagement is subject to Greek Civil Code Article 703 written brokerage requirements and EU AML / KYC compliance.
How we operate
Four operating principles. Non-negotiable.
Confidentiality is the product
No teaser leaves our desk before an NCNDA is counter-signed. No buyer name is disclosed to a seller, and no seller name is disclosed to a buyer, until both sides have accepted protection. Our seller mandates frequently include liquidated damages for unauthorised disclosure. If discretion is not your priority, you are not our client.
Underwriting before introduction
Every opportunity we present has been underwritten across multiple scenarios (conservative, base, optimistic), with debt-service stress-testing, peak-cash modelling, and explicit kill criteria. The Greek legal layer — Σ.Δ., αυθαίρετα, Ktimatologio, Electronic Building Identity, inheritance chain — is cleared before LOI, not after.
Cross-border by design
Israeli, Austrian, German, English, US, and Gulf investors all transact through our desk. We coordinate Greek AFM acquisition, banking introductions, notarial timing, tax structuring (individual vs IKE vs holdco), and cross-border counsel — so the Greek transaction layer is one less thing for the principal to manage.
Honest about what we don't know
When a fact is unverified — an asking price not yet confirmed, a regulatory boundary not yet mapped — we say so. We will never present an inference as a confirmation, and we will never recommend an outreach to a contact we have not classified as the actual principal. The cost of a single false intro is too high.
If your capital — or your asset — would benefit from a quieter conversation, let's talk.
48-hour response. NCNDA protection on every channel. No retail buyer pipelines. No portal exposure. No noise.