You're trying to read a text file with the $readini function.
Try the following:
if ($3 == !place) {
var %a = $mta.area($1,$2)
if (%a == Vice-City) {
mta.msg $1 $2 There is no property at your current location
}
else {
mta.say $1 %a --- Owner: $read(vcpdata.txt, %a, Owner) --- Price: $calc($read(vcpdata.txt, %a, Price) + 1)
}
}
Or you could even just rename vcpdata.txt to vcpdata.ini as use the code you were using before.
Gl