no matter how much or little you pay for this house is irrelevant. this is his aunts house, that means that it will always be "his" families house, regardless of what it may say on the paperwork. if you get in a pond with alligators remember, that even though you are wearing a US coast guard approved life jacket, the pond still belongs to the alligators. if you split up you will never get a dime back, regardless of what any court may say. do you have the money to pay armed guards to take possession? that is what it will take to get the house away from "the family". will you split up, move back to US, canada, england, __________ (fill in blank) and wait for him to sell it and send you your proceeds? have a nice wait it ain't happening. rent it. does the aunt come with the place? where is she going? which one of the relatives will be living there when you are away in france? going to rent it out when you're not there? who will collect the rent? do you really think they will send you the rent? auntie will need the rent for an operation. how could you be so cruel? what class of tenants do you think you will get in this neighborhood? rent it from auntie, save your money. there are beautiful apts. in SD at good prices, something worth owning and proud to be an owner of, put it ALL in your name, tell him it is british law that if you take money out of mother england that it must remain in your name only for 20 years or their is a heavy tax problem that could affect his immigrant status.
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