Quote Originally Posted by Jpec07 View Post
Even so, there isn't anything about how much a house actually costs to purchase. There isn't anything that says that players can't transfer land directly to one another. Even with either of those things clearly stated somewhere, this whole scam/misunderstanding/whatever you want to call it would have been avoided.
I was given these links when I asked about buying houses:
http://imgur.com/a/n7wzC#2 for housing grades my lot.
http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Personal_Housing for lot prices by server.

I found several sources through Google that showed there was no direct transfer.

It's unfortunate that this happened, but the information is out there; you just have to look.