Originally Posted by JMBroad

The main difference is if you do a search on google for "overseas property investments" you get a zillion small companies which are run by three chaps operating out of their bedroom in Peckham.

If you can't do DD on the property you are looking to buy because you don't speak the language then common sense dictates that you should do your DD on the agency you are using to ascertain whether they are competent enough to represent you.

I'm confident that most of the agents who actively participate on the Brazil forums would pass a DD, but I'm also sure that there are one or two that would fail. The vast majority of agents lurking in the backgrounds of these forums would probably fail miserably.