"Kathleen, you and Lief are correct. It is very difficult to get a visa or a bank account in Brazil.

"I traveled extensively in the country and, after many months, came to the same conclusion as you. It's too difficult to do business there. Banks are only the tip of the iceberg. Think of wading through the files of all the properties you are researching in Portuguese. Ugh. I speak Spanish, thanks to my years in Ecuador, but Portuguese is way too difficult to pick up like I did Spanish.

"Also, good luck finding an honest real estate person with accounts separate from his own in which to place your money. The agents I interviewed co-mingled their funds with the buyer's funds, making it very hard to wade through in the end..."

-- Richard P., United States

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