Quote Originally Posted by rtitle View Post
Another oddity in Jamaica is that some country folk have this notion of "capture land" where they occupy a vacant piece of land they don't own, and then act like it's theirs. Some will try to convince you there's validity to the concept of capturing land and then try to sell it to you for cash and/or get you to build a house on it.
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.