In Reply to: buying property posted by Julstone on Tuesday, 30. August 2005 at 11:52 Bali Time:
Houses & villas are usually leased for a period of years not owned.
It is also necessary to look into who is leasing the villa/house & who also owns or leases the land it is on.
Other ways to "buy" but these can be costly (setting up a company) or open to problems (using nominees)
Some info below on owning property .