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Originally Posted by robh
Why trust the agent anyway, a good agency will have done checks on what they sell, provide a good service and advice, but ultimately the buyer should engage a lawyer to check everything is correct.
You know it makes sense JM.
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I don't mean the agency should replace the lawyers by any means. Of course the client has to engage legal advice in the country they are buying in. But agents shouldn't just gobble up whatever the developers say and pass it on to clients without doing checks on it. I know you don't, Robh, I know you go out there on a regular basis and as I've mentioned before, I know people on the ground in Brazil who know you too and speak very highly of you.
But again, if you do a google search for "Property in Brazil" you get a zillion agencies out there who obviously don't check a thing by looking at the properties they are recommending.
Whatever those checks may be, that's the call the agency has to make for themselves. We constantly have developers complaining to us that we ask for a ridiculous amount of documentation - more than any other agency. That's great to hear, it's one of our Unique Selling Points as far as I'm concerned, I don't know of many companies that have their own department and team permanently employed just for market research.