We moved to Puerto Rico in January 2016, planning to buy a home within a year. Well, that didn’t happen. I can blame hurricanes and more plausible sounding reasons, but I did not purchase for several reasons, including not wanting to deal with the process of buying a home in another language!
Nine years later, we have bought two homes in Puerto Rico! I wish I had purchased years earlier! So do not let intimidation or the unknown delay you from purchasing property in Puerto Rico.