with funds available, and the consulting and legal support in place, buying an apartment in rio de janeiro becomes easy and exciting.

zona sul is rio's most expensive upmarket region - consisting of seventeen neighborhoods including the famous copacabana, ipanema and leblon, leme, gávea, lagoa, botafogo, cosme velho, urca, humaitá, catete, laranjeiras, jardim botânico, são conrado, flamengo and the favela-neighborhoods rocinha and vidigal.  

location is a very important determining factor concerning real state, more specifically, the distance from the beach - apartments located along the avenues facing the water are  considerably more expensive than similar apartments even just one block away from the beach.

an ocean view is a factor that strongly influences the price of an apartment, even when it is located a few blocks from the shore and the view is from afar.