My wife and i recently went to Puerta Plata and stayed in the iberostar Costa Dorada resort and had a fantastic time. We took sevaeral excursions to see the countryside, downtown, Paradise island, etc. to get a better look at other things except just the resort ( which is beautiful ). We live in US and have been contemplating purchasing a place to visit approx. 5 times a year until i retire which will still be a few years. We have searched several real estate sites in the puerta plata area and it seems to be that alot of apt. options are in the sosua area. Again we dont want to rent we want to own. some questions are, im assuming the immigration laws of citizenship wouldnt apply to us unless we spent ? how much solid time there. Also what are the biggest pros and cons to owning an apt in sosua. i like the idea of an apt due to the limited amount of time we can spend there plus not having to worry about maint issues of property left un attended. from what we have seen decent apts can be purchased for decent amounts and come with decent monthly maint fees and we can place our property in a rental pool also if we wanted to. what are the specific laws of owning propety in sosua and what are some of the most reputable realtors. We have been looking through Century 21, west indies, and remax for available listings. Are there actual supermarkets in Sosua? and what precautions should be taken in purchasing products. Any info that can be given to us would be greatly appreciated. We have owned a Plumbing Contracting Business in US for several years so haggling on issues i am well accustomed to but being in another country definitely takes me out of my element. we have spent alot of time doing research on all areas we can find but this seems to be the place where the knowledge is at for the DR