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Originally Posted by Golfingworld
Raimundo, I know where you are coming from, certainly some see foreigners as there for the taking and when taken the view is "well they were gringos". No doubt about that.
Difficult to generalise but some of that culture has attracted equally unethical scam artists from overseas. It's just that the ones from abroad are more spohisticated about it. In my experience when abroad, it is my own countrymen that are first to put their hand in the honeypot and we foolishly thought we could trust them. Long and the short of it is that you can buy a cheap property in Brazil because it aint easy..if it was, everyone would be doing it!
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Only way to avoid that is to do research on who you work with, what they propose to you and make your own decisions based on the information they give you. Challenge their information and make sure they know what they are talking about - do your own research first so you can compare what you know as fact and what you know is hype and you'll easily be able to differentiate.
As I see it the job of a real estate agent (both a local brazilian or an overseas company) should be to provide the investor with sufficient knowledge to enable them to make an informed decision as to what is best for their personal financial situation.
Of course if you are talking lifestyle properties then you are talking a totally different kettle of fish.