So are you saying that some one should just ignore the multiple stories of recent land fraud and buy anyway? That would be supremely stupid, and no investor worth their salt is going to take that risk. At best if this continues to make headlines, you'll continue to get shady businessmen and women who are looking to exploit the corruption, making things worse than they are already. If there is a fraud problem in the Lands Dept (and its really starting to look like there is) it needs to be addressed. You can overlook the exploitation of foreigners, like most people do here, but its not going to go for much longer before the market here is ruined for the next five years or so. I say this as a person that loves it here and takes my "gringo discount" in stride. You can nickel and dime people all day and they'll overlook it, but start screwing with real money and investors will flee.
Of course I am not saying to buy bad land with bad title. I am saying now and always have done - hire a professional and have them earn their keep.
Be aware that in Belize (as elsewhere - take a look at Fox news!) all the national news papers and broadcast venues have strong political agendas. Read with caution,knowing that usually the aim of the article is not to inform but rather to make somebody look bad, or to say that somebody else was blameless.
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