Greg, the best way to find out is to go onto a website and try and rent a holiday home in Brazil and see what responses you get. There are a number of sites..just put a search in for rentals in natal for example. Then you can talk to the people and see how they want to do it...there are a few Italians doing it in Natal. I spoke at length to one and learned a lot. The off plan takes a lot of hassle away (allegedly) but what you have to consider is whether the premium price and all the costs associated with the rentals make it worth it. Frankly, if you have €100k to spare it is no an issue, but if you need the rentals to pay back the capital you have advanced I think it is risky territory in the short term. I did some sums and worked it out that all my alleged rental income would beswallowed up by charges. Likewise, I don't think there will be a stampede to "out of town developments" as many of them are positioned where there is nothing for the prospective tourist to do. Consequently, there will need to be signigficant capital appreciation to make it worthwhile as I don't beleive the rental market is there until flights are cheaper and more available and rental prices equal all inclusive hotel deals like Breezes etc. Ihave only found one place so far that might have all these elements working an that is north of Salvador in a place called Imbassai...here you have amenities nearby and developed but low priced starter developments..but you still have the flight problem to overcome.
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