The RemRent blog
Practical guides to renting in Brazil, written for the people the big portals overlook.
- 24,835 Brazil Rentals: One Apartment, Three Portals, Three Prices We photo-matched 24,835 rental ads across Brazil's five portals: 53.8% of homes were on two or more sites, and 93.8% of those showed the same rent everywhere.
- Where to Look for a Rental in Brazil: 5 Sites Compared (2026) The five Brazilian rental portals compared: who asks for a CPF, who lists furnished homes, what language the site speaks, and who owns whom.
- Renting in Brazil Without a CPF: How to Start Before You Have One What a CPF is, what you can rent in Brazil before you have one, how to get it fast, and which lease guarantee a recent arrival can actually be approved for.
- Renting in Brazil Without a Fiador (No Guarantor) No local guarantor and no Brazilian payslip? Compare caução, seguro-fiança and título de capitalização, and see which a passport-holder can actually use first.
- Furnished Apartments in Brazil: The 6–12 Month Bridge Land in a furnished 6–12 month rental, sort your CPF and bank account, then move to a standard lease — plus what the furnished premium really costs.
- The Foreigner's Guide to Renting in Brazil CPF, guarantor, the 30-month lease and unfurnished apartments — the real hurdles foreigners face renting in Brazil, sequenced in the order you hit them.
- Rejected by QuintoAndar? What Foreigners Can Do Rejected by QuintoAndar's credit analysis? Why it happens to foreigners with no Brazilian credit history, and which portals and guarantees to try next.
- Brazil Rental Scams: Spot a Fake Listing Before You Pay How to recognize a fake apartment listing in Brazil before paying a deposit — red flags for expats and anyone renting from abroad.
- Documents to Rent an Apartment in Brazil (Foreigners) What foreigners need to rent an apartment in Brazil: how to get a CPF, how to prove income without a local job, and which fiador alternatives work.