@Carol Venolia  press democrat has some good coverage right now.

All the more pressing as the generation starts having children.

Avoid any conversation about your ability to buy by deflecting his questions and using your "partner" as the source if he presses you.If you have some ideas of values for similar properties in the area then you might make him an offer at a discount to what the current value is under the guise of its functional obsolescence.

OK...OK...I know Google is alive and thriving, but you would be hard pressed to prove it by reading the BP forums lately!

If people all over the country are talking about an area it might be 'too late' , but if the more regional press is starting to take notice prices that might be an earlier sign. 

Didn't read reply, I'm sure there is good advice.What I would do with that is spend money on a good attorney and press for criminal charges, a local attorney can give you the best advice and this is not just wear and tear but major vandalism.

For stories that are covered worldwide (US presidential elections, the Olympics, etc), you will already sort of know what the story is, which can help you fill in the gaps.If you get any TV channels (satellite or cable) in your target language, watch them with the closed captions turned on.If you are very familiar with any religious writings (like the Bible, Torah, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, or anything else), look up a version of that in the target language. 

I don't watch TV. 

TV's.

It looked fun, they made lots of money, and on tv it "appeared" to be so easy.