Need advice and information on buying property

Just make sure that the house you'll gonna buy has already a contract with chamber restoration companies. In that way, I can feel secured whenever there are water and fire damage in the house.

There are concerns with purchasing property in Culebra or Vieques, some of it is the lack of a tittle for some properties, second is it isolation, you have to come to the main island for lots of things including medical emergencies. Power, and internet depends on underwater cables. If you have a medical emergency, it could be your last. Lots of people complain of all sorts of health issues which they attribute to damage to the environment by the navy bombing and improper/incomplete clean up of the areas. Acording to articles I read in the past cancer is a big problem in at least Vieques.

See http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues … rRate.html

Thanks ReyP for the info. We try to have a realistic approach to living on a tiny island in the Caribbean and are aware that everything comes with a price. I am a health care professional (RN) and one of my major concern is of course the lack of health care and health issues related to the Navy’s activities on the island.
For now, my husband and I are in pretty good health and we try to be as resourceful as possible and make things up as we go along.
We will be visiting Vieques again next week and looking for our future home. One property on our top 5 list is located in Monte Carmelo and of course has an unregistered title. Would appreciate any comments, concerns and recommendations?

Hmm... I think I'd consult a PR real estate lawyer on that one.   What is an unregistered title anyway?  Sounds like vapor ware. 

How are deeds prepared, can you get title insurance, or even have the history for the title/land?   

The distinction between titled and untitled properties in a nut shell. 
Titled property is subject to taxes. Untitled houses built on land that belongs to the municipality are not taxed and cannot be mortgaged, though the presence of a dwelling structure protects a buyer’s rights.

Regardless if we buy titled or untitled property, we will consult a PR lawyer.

I wouldn't touch untitled property with a ten foot pole.   ☠️   

It would just be my luck to build a place and then have someone come along with an old land grant claim & take it.

In that case Untitled means a squater. Laws can changed and the property can be taken away.