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Originally Posted by knowledge
Onions&carrots & billyidol
Assuming you are not native Dominicans...would you search for property without a reltor in your own country?
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Yes, we have bought land, parcelas for agricultural use and houses without a lawyer, without title and even without surveyors. Just by mere sight as it was done here, well there I'm in MIA now, for centuries when a man's word was all and discrepancies were resolved personally.
Now I wouldn't tell OP to do the same but its better if he does some of the due diligence on his own so the RE vultures won't price gouge him.
Outside the major cities of the Cibao area there is no title issued since the original owners are who knows where. They're either the gov't, banco agricola, or a private that left and never came back to claim.
What you get is a Bill of Sale and that's it. Do bad things happen? YES, but the majority never have a problem. I haven't had any problems yet. Buying property (solares, parcelas) without title is more of the norm in the DR than otherwise.
Weltillo should start small, very small and get the feel for it. Buy the cheapest "solar" you can find and learn as you go. If poor uneducated dominicans can do it and do, then Welty posting on the internet should do the same.
Now if you want to start big, then forget my advice. Get yourself a lawyer like Fabio Guzman, RE agents, etc and go through the whole process.