[Golfingworld]

And my advice to potential buyers is as stated, "roll your sleeves up", go there and look for yourself as much as possible, take your time and don't do it from an armchair in western europe looking at a flat screen. Find a local man, preferably a brasillian and a gringo who lives and works there and ask as many questions as you can from whoever you can. Due Diligence really means the above and not the cliche, it means learn absolutely everything possible that you can locally and on site, evaluate it, get a feel, taste and smell and then make a judgement. To my mind "do due diligence" means nothing at all and that is why I posted my "what is due diligence" thread so the uninformed understand the mechanics and not the cliche. All part of the lurning curve. Agents based in Western Europe who are selling in Brazil clearly have an agenda. Of course they want to steer customers in their direction I just think that with property it makes sense to "go local" and there are a number of Gringos and Brasilians who are on site, on territory who fulfil this requirement. If the Europeans want to compete with this there is a simple answer, put their own Gringo there and compete with the local experts. It is known as a free economy!

I posted a response to you recently which dispelled the many myths which are claimed about transportation to NE Brazil, you didn't comment. There are hundreds of pages on the net all claiming that Brazil is easy and cheap to get to and quoting flights that don't exist or have been stopped. if your industry is so keen to convince Europeans that you have a superior knowledge to those who are based locally, then start by getting your house in order and quote the real situation with regard to NE Brazil, particularly Natal. Why is it not possible to say "at present it is a difficult and expensive place to get to from Western Europe, most flights are charters which are restriced and seasonal and the only real carrier with any network is with TAP trough Lisbon....but..there are the reasons why we feel this will change". If I was told that or read it Imight think, fair enough..they are being upfront and I'll talk to them.....as I have said before...it is not rocket science. In the meantime the locals and Gringos on territory rule the roost and good on them, they are actually on the ground living it and imparting this to their clients!