November 1, 20169 yr Popular Post Amazing, excellent experience as usual... The basics... 117 was as usual Thursday, Friday and Saturday...did not go Sunday... Not sure how Sunday was but I imagine it was packed as it was cold, windy and dreary do the sauna would have been a perfect place to stay warm and comfortable.... One thing that really came to my mind this trip is....Those sauna boys definitely have to work hard for the money....there is a lot of competition for the money that does come in...As I only travel to Rio 3-4 times a year, I have no idea what it is like on the regular....I have been in each season and it has always been pretty busy... The usual very attractive to mediocre guys there...something for all tastes but the general description was attractive, muscular or very fit...big dick....mixed, white, a few black guys.... I enjoyed the company of a very hot mixed guy on Thursday, beautiful body and lips...incredible ass....enjoyed him again on Friday....Also sampled a short, lighter Latino guy....even more amazing ass than the first one....He came by the hotel Sunday, well past my scheduled check out time...I actually was at the front desk asking for a second extension when he walked in....He was worth the wait and the money... Another observation that I had that a good friend of mine who lives in Rio helped me understand....my interest was to move to Rio part in the future to work and live part time....I wanted to purchase a condo but he suggested I just travel there as I have been and continue to rent hotels or apartments because of the exorbitant cost to purchase condos there... Time will tell....Still have some more time to consider this and I would love to have rental income in Rio... Back on track...Enjoyed the beach Thursday...ate some amazing foods and fruits...went to Lapa, went to an amazing Samba school and enjoyed some quality time with my friend that lives in Rio... Will definitely be back in December for New Years... Pics documenting my trip to follow....
November 1, 20169 yr Having had 3 Anerican friends buy homes there between 2006 and 2008, for me much easier and cheaper to rent umless youvare plannig to live there full time! I have developed a relationshipwith the guy i rent from which means i don't have to send a deposit or pay a refundable damage deposit! I have a set of keys to the apt/bldg fulltime and just transfer the amount of the rental the day i arrive! It works great for both of us!
November 1, 20169 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Tomcal said: Having had 3 Anerican friends buy homes there between 2006 and 2008, for me much easier and cheaper to rent umless youvare plannig to live there full time! I have developed a relationshipwith the guy i rent from which means i don't have to send a deposit or pay a refundable damage deposit! I have a set of keys to the apt/bldg fulltime and just transfer the amount of the rental the day i arrive! It works great for both of us! I think you may have great relationshios because of your frequency of travel and how generous you are... I still like to get the most out of my money and still work hard..I flew in and went straight to my office... I have some time to decide since Im still heavily investes in acquiring holdings here in Atl... There would have to be more pros than cons... And while tourism stays consistent in Rio...the real to dollar changes way too much...
November 1, 20169 yr Active Members I purchased in 2003 and again in 2005 since I knew I wanted to live here full-time. I doubt I would have taken the real-estate plunge on a part-time basis (Tomcal's point). Although it turned out to be a very interesting time to buy in local or dollar terms, it could have just as easily gone the other way. Market timing attempts - especially in Brazil, given the underlying and often extreme volatility- are even more tricky (read: futile) than elsewhere. At the time, (financial) objectives were simply to eliminate rental and hotel expenses altogether and to establish a hedge against future inflation. For part-time buyers, currency volatility as you have mentioned makes a strictly financial modeling approach difficult to say the least. Despite some recent downward price adjustments, the local real estate market is still a bit frothy - hardly a screaming buy at the moment. With a further 20% haircut and the local currency where it was say at the start of the year, then the local market would be much more attractive for non-residents. Although the latter might well happen, don't expect notoriously stubborn local sellers to budge on price....
November 7, 20169 yr Active Members Badboy-- thanks for posting! I truly enjoyed the read and thought about my previous trips. ...am seriously considering returning to "Mother Brasil" in August when a friend of mine will already have been there for two weeks!!!
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