Here are some recommendations to succeed in your project to invest or buy a property in Brazil:

1. Define what you want in relation to the acquisition (build a factory, get an office, commercial point, a residence …).
2. Search general information about the state, the city and the neighborhood where you intent to invest or buy a property.
3. Then do a market study, based on what you want to develop, especially in the case of a commercial property, a factory or a distribution center, analyzing elements such as: the market, the growth potential, the logistics for both input and output products, as human access, the labor, tax benefits offered, security, infrastructure and the potential of real estate increase.
4. Seek a professional advice to help implement the model you want, especially in bureaucratic , legal and tax issues, for each case (purchase residential or commercial, investment, implementation of factory, sales point …) need to verify which is the most interesting model.
5. This advice can help, based on what you intend to do, verifying if there is the possibility of obtaining local credit.
6. Then check the tax, mainly for investments in foreign currency and if there agreements with your country of origin. Brazilian law encourages investment in national currency.
7. Make the records required to be able to invest or buy a property in Brazil, the most important records are first in the Central Bank (to send money to Brazil, mentioning where and to whom will do this investment), second the Internal Revenue Service to obtain registration as a taxpayer, who will be the CPF (individual) and CNPJ (for corporations) and finally the Trade service of the State or where you will invest.
8. Choosing a tax representative if you are a nonresident foreigner in Brazil, so you can have a CPF (individual) or CNPJ (if the established company has more than 50% of foreign capital).
9. Check other necessary records, which may vary depending on the activity that you will develop or the region where you want to install.
10. Attest to the legality of the property being acquired, and if you want to be more more careful also evaluate marketing appraisal. The first check is to make sure that there are no debts or liens related to such property and the second one to ensure that the business that you are doing, is within market standards.