cfmurray
New memberAmerican looking for information about Brazil
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Speaks English - fluent Portuguese - working on it. If people speak slowly, I can almost keep up.
Registration: 26 February 2020
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Sending money to Brazil by movingtobrazil
Hello there, I have a brazilian bank account, and I generally send money to it through Xoom. This time I want to send a bigger amount than I'm used to send. I'm buying real estate property there. Questions, have anyone here used xoom ...
Having worked in banking, my suggestion would be to just use a wire transfer at your bank/one of the major banks that do wire transfers. It will probably cost more than Xoom, but there won't be the limits on transfers that you'd encounter ... Read More
High cost of living in SP and how to economize by James
http://placar.abril.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/abre.jpg Most middle management jobs in S茫o Paulo pay around R$7000 - R$8000 per month. The cost of living in S茫o Paulo is quite high and climbing steadily so if you are considering a ...
No problem. I'm not going to insult your intelligence, and tell you that my motives were all altruistic. Because of the military, I was able to get my bachelor's degree in Business Mgt. But, that didn't require staying as long as I ... Read More
High cost of living in SP and how to economize by James
http://placar.abril.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/abre.jpg Most middle management jobs in S茫o Paulo pay around R$7000 - R$8000 per month. The cost of living in S茫o Paulo is quite high and climbing steadily so if you are considering a ...
Thanks Robal, I was thinking about getting a position at the US Consulate where I would have definite preference, as I'm a retired veteran, and the US government has to hire veterans before anyone else. The only problem is that my wife's ... Read More
High cost of living in SP and how to economize by James
http://placar.abril.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/abre.jpg Most middle management jobs in S茫o Paulo pay around R$7000 - R$8000 per month. The cost of living in S茫o Paulo is quite high and climbing steadily so if you are considering a ...
Thank you very much for the response Robal. Sorry to hear that James passed away. He was a very good source of information. Read More
High cost of living in SP and how to economize by James
http://placar.abril.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/abre.jpg Most middle management jobs in S茫o Paulo pay around R$7000 - R$8000 per month. The cost of living in S茫o Paulo is quite high and climbing steadily so if you are considering a ...
James, Your information is quite helpful. But unfortunately, quite dated. Any chance you could do some updating? I'm also thinking that if you're married to a Brasilian citizen, you should have fewer problems finding employment too, ... Read More
Electricity in Brasil
With the utilities like Eletropaulo(?), is there much availability of solar panels / wind turbines and other necessary hardware / equipment to put in your own solar energy system? I should think that with the amount of sunlight per month, it would ... Read More