Quote Originally Posted by mwenvlay View Post
i don't know... if you see this as an oddity, it kinda means you're not fully attuned to the culture at all.

i'm not saying you should ever consider buying a piece of land that doesn't have a clear/clean deed, but the fact that you use the word "oddity" to describe a very common practice throughout the caribbean leads me to think you're going to be in for a LOT of surprises once your deal comes through.
Fair enough, but it also might help explain why Jamaica remains a 3rd world country with a high murder rate, high unemployment, etc. JA needs to continue to modernize or be left behind, easy to say "culture" but it's this kind of issue that hurts investment opportunities and thus the chance to advance the nation.