>I'm pretty sure there wasn't a lien on the property Which country was this in? Banks don't typically hand people hundreds of thousands of dollars without maki

>I'm pretty sure there wasn't a lien on the property Which country was this in? Banks don't typically hand people hundreds of thousands of dollars without making sure that they'll get their pound of flesh when things go south. Not having any kind of collateral is a pretty big mistake on the bank's side.