Positive experience, generally agree with the comments here. Anecdote: I chose Mario's place because I was going to work from here, travel a bit around the country and come back to Rio to work. Mario's place had the strong Internet connection I needed, and I was very impressed that Mario took my need for a backup connection should there be a failure seriously. (I haven't needed to test that back up though!) A second nod of appreciation: After I finished my first stay, Mario agreed to let me keep my laptop at his place, so I wouldn't have to travel with it. (It came with the caveat that it was done at my own risk though -- he wasn't insuring it -- but if it was to be stolen, his stuff would likely be stolen too.) I just returned to Mario's place and am happy to say that everything is as I left it. Major plus for the guy.