Friday, June 10, 2011

Why apartments and real estate in Rio de Janeiro really are a sound investment

By Bethina Rosario


With all of the conflicts in a lot of the world's real estate it's often nearly impossible to find an retreat of stability. The United states has been drawn into wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Violence is for sale and business is good. The middle-east is literally in the midst of a revolution that is increasing across several nations. Add natural disasters of an epic scale such as what has happened in Japan recently and one may think that the globe is literally falling apart. Though, it could be argued that a refuge from this can be found in Rio de Janeiro.

Whoever has apartments or real estate in Rio de Janeiro has likely absorbed a great deal of the easy going culture that embodies Brazil. Just the image of a tranquil penthouse overlooking the gorgeous beaches of Ipanema or Copacabana is a testomony to this. The attitude to a place like this is one of holiday.

Another thing to consider with this argument is not a complex idea to consider. It can be argued that for a large nation, Brazil is possibly one of the least likely to ever be drawn into an armed conflict. This largely has to do with geography as well as culture. Brazil possesses a enormous coastline that houses a wide variety of real estate as well as those stunning penthouse apartments as mentioned before. The thing is, the other borders are buffered by either the Amazon or the Andes, making travel troublesome as well as it being virtually impossible to even have a conflict, if one even so desired such an issue.

So geographically Brazil is well protected. Add to that the concept that the easygoing Brazilian culture in general has not been known for getting in center of international clashes. Even though the country is playing a larger role on the international stage it seems unlikely that this will change.

Also a thing to consider is the lack of disasters. While at times smaller events such as flooding has occurred in locations such as the state of Rio de Janeiro, there hasn't been evidence in recent history of big events such as earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and tornados. While nothing is impossible, it's likely that any apartments that you find for sale will be safer than other sites.

So as you're checking for sale ads for a vacation home in Copacabana or Ipanema understand that you're looking for a place in probably one of the most stable places that you can find in the world. Hopefully that can provide some piece of mind.




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