construction business

This is really interesting forum!
I am glad that I found it and this is my first post.
I am a little bit tired of North American lifestyle and dream to move to south.
I wonder if I can survive financially in Dominican Republic
doing construction business.
For example, I have the idea to buy some land then build the house and sell it. What is the risk here? From reading some threads I realized
that the material and labor is relatively cheap here.
How difficult to sell the house?
Is it possible to make full construction cycle and sell the house during 3-4 month?

oriole100, thanks for warning.
This I found from:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1103.html
...
Real Estate: Real estate investments require a high level of caution,
as property rights are irregularly enforced.
Investors often encounter problems in receiving clear title to land,
and title insurance is not available.
Real estate investments by U.S. citizens have been the subject of both
legal and physical takeover attempts.
Squatters, sometimes supported by governmental or non-governmental organizations,
have invaded properties belonging to U.S. citizens,
threatening violence and blocking the owners from entering their property.
In at least one instance, the U.S. citizen landowner
was physically assaulted.
Several U.S. citizens with long-standing expropriation disputes
with the Dominican Government have not received compensation
...

The situation is really so complicated or this is exaggeration?