Brazil Real Estate Consulting
Everything we have published for owners who live outside Brazil, organized by topic.
A step-by-step guide for Brazilians abroad and foreign owners: documents, power of attorney, pricing, the buyer's checks, signing the deed and receiving the money without travelling.
How to give someone in Brazil the power to sell, rent or sort out your property: consulate or local notary, apostille, sworn translation, what to include and how to limit the risks.
Why a suspended, pending or cancelled CPF blocks the sale, the inheritance or the registration of a Brazilian property, and how owners and heirs abroad usually regularize it.
How the tax on the gain from selling a Brazilian property works for owners who live abroad: who must collect it, how the gain is measured, exemptions that may not apply and the tax in your country.
How owners who live abroad move the proceeds of a Brazilian property sale to their country: Brazilian account, exchange contract, documents the bank asks for, costs and common delays.
Why your tax status in Brazil — resident or non-resident — changes how the sale and the rent of your Brazilian property are taxed, and what Brazilians who moved abroad usually need to formalize.
How to rent out and manage a Brazilian property at a distance: choosing a manager, the lease and guarantees, inspections, rent collection, maintenance and tax on rental income for non-residents.
Why unpaid IPTU and condominium fees are the biggest risk for an owner who lives outside Brazil, how these debts follow the property, and simple ways to keep everything paid at a distance.
What owners abroad can do when a tenant in Brazil falls behind on rent: first contact, the guarantee, negotiation, formal notice and the court eviction process — and how to act without travelling.
What heirs who live outside Brazil need to know about probate (inventário): court or notary, CPF for each heir, power of attorney, inheritance tax and what happens to the property meanwhile.
When siblings or relatives — some living abroad — own a Brazilian property together: how decisions are made, buying out a co-owner, right of first refusal and what happens when one heir refuses to sell.
Deed not registered, extension not recorded, private contract only, name or marital status out of date: the most common record problems in Brazilian properties and how owners abroad solve them before a sale.
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