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Originally Posted by beenthere
Since when is a registered Brazilian broker any better than a foreigner? I have dealt with both a few times and I can honestly say that the numbers of shady vs. honest are equal.
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I am sorry to hear that you may have had bad experiences with Brazilian brokers. Years ago they were bad, but are now heavily licensed, controlled and regularily checked, as well as having to go to college and pass numerous exams to get a license to practise in the first place.
As I am sure you know, this is similar to the USA and totally different to the UK and some of Europe where anyone can sell property.
To clarify my point, I know of a large detached beach house on the island where I live in NE Brazil, which is advertised on one UK website at £102,000 and on another at £85,000. You think that is bad? The real price of that house is £52,000. It is not the local Brazilian broker who will pocket all that profit, and certainly not the seller...