you will be doing the right thing in renting first steve, thats what I did for 2 years then we bought this place for 10 grand but the main thing is don,t buy unless you can afford to lose it because once you invest here it usually stays here thats why I have not gone and bought a big place. but saying that if your planning to build your own place I would try and buy a lot now because the prices will keep on going up where you want to live in bohol because of the airport getting built etc