Was it PT Barnum who said....
"there's a sucker born every minute?" Or, maybe it was GW Bush? Who cares. The point is the point. BERT! dead on, but too polite and soft gloved. This person needs to know...unless your spouse is Indonesian, YOU DO NOT WANT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT "BUYING" PROPERTY IN INDONESIA...Bali included.
Think LEASE! A lease contract is the only reasonably enforcable (in court) land related contract you can ever have. Oh ya, "but this guy is so nice and we love him." Hell, I was screwed by my own wife's nephew (who I knew before my wife, thus used him for my land "purchase" deal)....AND, the SOB lives in our village.
No, no and more no's. And I don't care I was screwed. Fact is, I learned a damn good lesson. That was, Bali belongs to the Balinese. So, one has to get over it, and accept the fact that life on Bali, as a resident "Tamu" is a priveledge and ownership is "out of the question."
Putting a land certificate in the name of a Balinese that is not less than your wife or husband, is like giving the money you spent, seeminly in "purchase" of that land, into a black hole. Sure, for a few years, everything will seem fine. Then, the shit literally hits the fan.
Lease, lease, lease, for 15, 20, 25, or 30 years...it depends on your age. Let the Balinese keep their land. There is not a lot of it, and if it's all bought and controlled by outsiders, what then becomes of Bali?