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Vivo Latam makes contact easier, but every transaction needs legal, technical and financial verification.
Ask for the seller's DUI (or passport, for a foreign national) and check that the name and number match the owner registered with the CNR. If someone signs for the owner, ask for the power of attorney; if a company sells, ask for its NIT and its legal representative's current credential, and have your notary review them.
Do not close a deal based on photos alone. Visit in daylight and check that the address, boundaries and area match the registry record (a surveyor can measure a lot whose boundaries are unclear), and look at the roof, walls, water, power and access. Compare the price with similar properties in the area: one far below the market is a warning sign.
Guide to buying property in El SalvadorAsk your notary for a recent antecedente registral from the CNR: it shows the registered owner and any mortgage, attachment or other lien on the property. Also ask for the property's municipal tax clearance (solvencia municipal) and, in a condominium, proof that the fees are paid. The sale is signed as a public deed (escritura) before a notary, who then presents it for registration at the CNR.
How to verify a property titleAvoid deposits demanded under pressure, prices that don't add up, or requests to leave verifiable channels. Pay when the deed is signed before the notary, by cashier's check or bank transfer to the registered owner, never in cash or to a third party's account. A reservation deposit belongs in a signed purchase agreement (promesa de compraventa), held by the notary or a bank until closing where you can.
Know the real closing costs before you payNever share passwords or codes, not even with someone who says they work for Vivo Latam. Review your sessions and change your password at any doubt. Distrust links that ask you to sign in again: check that the address is vivolatam.com before you type your password.
Report the listing from its own page and keep messages, receipts and the contact's details. If you have already paid, tell your bank at once and file a complaint with the Policía Nacional Civil or the Fiscalía General de la República: what you kept is your evidence.
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