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Non-resident buying SP apartment with crypto — anyone done this?

mouncifbouhounch

Looking for people who've actually done this, not theory.

Non-resident foreigner, tourist status, CPF only, no CRNM. Planning to buy a ~R$750K apartment in São Paulo. Money is in crypto on a major exchange, clean source from business abroad.

A few questions:


  1. Anyone here completed a crypto-funded SP apartment purchase as a non-resident? How did you handle the Contrato de Câmbio and RDE-ROF?
  2. Which route worked for converting the crypto to BRL — câmbio corretora, OTC desk, tokenization platform, or the slow SWIFT path through a foreign bank?
  3. How did you settle BRL without a Brazilian bank account? CDE account, lawyer's trust account, or something else?
  4. Any SP lawyer recommendations for crypto-funded, non-resident closings?
  5. Real all-in costs you paid?


Happy to share back what I learn. Thanks.

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