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Expert Profile: Ken Rapoza Cruz

Expertise: I can help would be travelers find places to go, help them decide whether or not they should book tour packages in their home country or wait til they arrive in Brazil, and other relevant info about the country and its travel amenities. General questions about Brazil and living in Brazil.

Experience in the area
Ken Rapoza is a former contributing editor at International Living, a monthly magazine about travel and real estate. Rapoza has also given speeches about Brazil travel and real estate offerings at Int'l Living conferences in the US. He now covers Brazil for a major U.S. news agency in New York City. He lives in Sao Paulo.

Publications
International Living, The Boston Globe, The Sun Sentinel, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal and many others.

Education/Credentials
BA -- Antioch College
MFA -- Vermont College

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 1130
Knowledge	9.64 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.82 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.73 Best of the best
Politeness	9.94 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		142

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/05/08
10	10	10	10	07/27/08
10	10	10	10	07/21/08
10	10	10	10	07/21/08
10	10	10	10	06/09/08

User Comments

thankyou for helping me
(keithlizza on 08/05/08)

Ken, thank you so much for your thoughtful and thorough response! These are exactly the types of hurdles that I assumed must exist, and it is good to
(Sherry on 07/27/08)

Great follow up response. Thank you SO MUCH for a quick reply. Today is the big day and it was very helpful that you answered so quickly.
(renee l thomas on 07/21/08)

Wow, what a fast response! Thank you so much for your quick response, it was very appreciated.
(renee l thomas on 07/21/08)

very fast response. excellent!
(Greggory on 06/09/08)

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Recent Answers from Ken Rapoza Cruz

2008-08-14 brazil visa: At first you will only qualify for a tourist visa and nothing else unless; 1) you plan on getting married, at which point he brings you in on a fiance visa. Under a fiance visa, you must be married...

2008-08-12 Expat move to Sao Paulo: Santo Amaro is not a very nice neighborhood so wherever you are, you will have to commute if that is where someone is working. Brooklin is nice and so is Vila Olimpia in that area. Thats about as close...

2008-08-03 Retirment Home: You dont need cash. It used to be that Brazilians only paid cash for property, but the days of 25% interest rates are over. You can get 30 year mortgages in Brazil from banks like Itau, Caixa Economica...

2008-07-26 Party places: Rio and Sao Paulo are by far the best, though foreigners are going to want to see Rio cuz SP is nothing special. I dont know the names of the specific clubs anymore, though I could find out, depending...

2008-07-21 Paying rent in Brazil: I have never heard of a cashiers check. He can go to a bank and ask him what options he has. I understand you are nervous that these guys are goign to take th emoney and run. He shouldnt pay any money...