Expert: Ken Rapoza Cruz - 11/22/2008

Question
Hello, im a 23 years old african american in Tampa, Florida. I have grown fond of Brazil particularly Rio De Janeiro and Im thinking of visiting real soon. I wanted to ask you a few questions about Brazil, Im single but I wanted to meet a nice Brazilian women here do you think is the best place to find a young nice Brazilian women that’s interested in young black American men? I’ve seen the porn and all the internet articles of how Brazil seems to be a sex paradise, is it really like that? Are Brazilian women color blind? Are they easy to approach? I also wanted to know how bad do you think the HIV rate is in Rio? Is it hard to find a good single women in Rio that’s a Christian in church? Ive also been thinking of moving to Rio, my plan is to have rental properties in America all with property managers and use that income to live in Rio, Ill have my money direct deposit to my bank account overseas. Is this a good plan? Ever heard of anything like this? Are there a lot of Americans in Rio?

Answer
I cant answer this question honestly, man. There are woman who are going to like you in Rio, India, Italy, Korea, Mississipi. And there are women who are going to think your butt ugly and a moron in all of those places too. Is there a fun, exciting, or even nice, Vanessa Hodges type girl in Rio? Sure. Your odds of finding her here arent any better than finding her in Orlando, though. But if the lure of women who speak with funny accents and look very different than most girls you see on TV in the US turns you on, then come to Rio.  I dont know Rio to be a sex paradise, unles you are talking about cheap hookers. Being a poor country, you can get laid here for the equivalent of about $20 an hour with a semi-decent looking woman between the ages of 21 and 40. $100 and up will get you a gorgeous girl for about an hour.  But if you dont want hookers, then, again, depends on the girl. Your odds of hooking up here are no better than hooking up after a Florida Gators opening game. And, oh, Brazilian women are not color blind. But if you are an AMerican, thats a bonus for you.

Rio is catholic and also evangelic. yes, you will find good Christians.

If you want rental properties in the USA, and plan to live off the rental income, now is probably a good time to buy foreclosed and preforeclosed real estate. Of course, what you qualify for depends on your cash position (savings, investments) and your job.  So maybe you are buying a home and renting it out, but your cash flow is a mere $350 a month. Can you live in Rio on that pay? Yes, in a slum surrounded by gun fire. Youd need at least five houses generating that kind of cash flow. Thats at least a $500,000 investment. You have to be a no-money-down savvy real estate investor, and have a good real estate broker/manager on your side to pull taht off. Unless you are independently wealthy already and Im not telling you anything new.

There are a considerable amount of Americans in Rio. It is a very beautiful, and very dangerous, city.

Good luck!

Come to Rio first and stay for a few weeks abefore you make a committment to moving here.