Lots of posters here having fun with you Ken. I remember your thread about meeting the woman in the AI, serving breakfast at the buffet. I'm going to stay away from that other than to say that you need to be very careful with women down here. I mean it when I say that 95%+ are not looking for nor interested in your "undying love". and that goes for whether you are a gringo or a native, but especially if you are a gringo. It just doesn't work that way. And if it does, you MUST be able to speak Spanish and MUST be someone that they truly desire, physically. That's just how it is.
That doesn't mean you can't have and share great times with great people but you really gotta look out for number 1 down here and set your limits and boundaries immediately and firmly or they WILL walk all over you and take advantage of you. Again, that's just how it is.
In other news - you are paying way too much for that place. Location, location location. It's a nice apartment but it's in La Romana, and La Romana is an especially dangerous city. IMO there also isn't much to do.
For example, I pay about half for a non-furnished place in Distrito Nacional. Very centrally located, safe street, chill neighbors, same specs as the place you listed - 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 parqueos. And it's in Santo Domingo. AND it's in DN. That place in La Romana simply *should not* cost as much, but as with Haiti you may be paying more simply based on the fact that there aren't as many nice places in La Romana as there are in Santo Domingo. There is tons more to do in Santo Domingo than there is in La Romana. And again, I pay ALMOST HALF of what they are offering the place you see at. Though I will admit it is furnished, and very nicely so. That said, lots of items down here hold their value pretty well when it comes time to resell them, especially if you take good care of them.