Quote Originally Posted by eddiememphis View Post
I spent a couple months there, helping some guys build a house.

There are a lot of properties that are half built so you can likely find someone's crushed dream for a discount.
I don't know if this is true of St. Thomas but I know there are a lot of countries where a home is not taxed until it's "completed." As a result, it's not uncommon for homes to sit technically "unifinished" with rebar sticking out of raw concrete on top of the house. The owner actually has no intention of "completing" the house but as long as he can legitimately say "it's not finished" he can dodge taxes on it.

At least in some countries this explains the plethora of "unfinished" homes.