So much mixed info..if you buy you can live in the BVI's for six months a year ( how that six months is split is open to discussion..and not here!). If you are not working you can get residency.."Permission to reside"..twelve months a year..it took us three months to get it and we renew each year for $45...but with that you cannot work..unless you work off island and are paid elsewhere..There are some reasonably priced long term rentals BTW..you need to come down and check for yourself and , if you have a talent seriously needed here, work permits are quite doable..