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You need to pay for the shares that you takes over – i.e. up to 49 percent – the seller sets the price, which might also depend on the funds and other values in the company. I.e., a question of negotiation about how much the company is worth. Mind my comment about due diligence, who owns the 51 percent and how do you legally control votes or the company?

The company needs a proper business besides owning property, that is rented out to a shareholder. It might be risky to use a shell company for that purpose. You need one or two Thai shareholders – I'm not sure if a total of three shareholders is still needed for company limited registration of property owned by a company limited at a land office – the other shareholder(s) shall be able to show that they have the funds to invest in the shares, as the use nominee shareholders is illegal. The best was for control of votes in a company is by using preferred shares. To form a company you will need a minimum of 2 shareholders and 2 million baht in registered (and today paid in) shareholder capital. If you buy a secondhand company limited, get a lawyer to make due diligence, so you know what you take over. A business law firm can establish a company limited for you, when you have the shareholders; you need to find them yourself. An accountant can also register a company limited for you. You'll need an accountant anyway for books and semi-annual tax report and the annual audited statement. Expect it to costs from 25,000, baht and up for that service per year, depending of the activity in the company. You'll need a rental or lease agreement between the property user and the property owner (the company limited) and pay rent to the owner. A rental contract for a longer period than 3 years need registration at the land office to be legal and will be taxed.

I've (unfortunately for you) never heard about that possibility or seen it mentioned anywhere.

It's the host that shall register you on a TM30 within 24 hours. If the host won't do it, above suggested paperwork might be needed for a DIY TM30.

Sad, very sad. The (typical) trick, heard about before. Always be (very) careful about carrying stuff or luggage for other people.

To my understanding for previous threads, you'll need 12 months of minimum 65k baht transfer when changing extension of stay-method, plus the 800k/400k/800k in the bank, which your present extension of stay is based on. But as suggested in an above comment, talk to your local immigration office, the regulation can be interpreted little different by different immigration offices.

It's depending of what "too old" is..? I'm 74 and can sometimes enjoy a live video of some of the old legends from when they were at their top and enthusiastic – like Ian Anderson and Jetro Tull in the 70s and 80s, or The Who with Kieth Moon on drums – some of them actually became better live a little later in their career, like Kieth Richard and The Stones, and the Cream, especially Ginger Baker. However, I'm not too much into the vintage stage – some of what was good at that time, is not so good now looked with contemporary glasses – I rather prefers the newer dance music, or even some well-produced house music, at a venue with a well balance Front-of-House speaker system.

A not to slim housekeeper and a fat cook is okay; but the girls I date needs to be slim.

There are plenty of cannabis outlets and cafes – in number more than there are 7-Eleven shops – however, I have no personal experience if they are good or not. There are also a number of them in the nightlife area at Chaweng – mainly around so-called Soi Green Mango – you might even be eligible for a free joint, if you dine at Pineapple... Yes, you'll find Thai nightclubs in Chaweng. By the lake on 2nd road from the beach is Old School Bar (marked on the map), and on the peninsula in the lake Ma-Ha-Te is about to reopen in a new build club-building next to Lakeside Hostel. Also Roza Bar has many Thai guests... As mentioned above by @Tropicalevo, Grab is available. If you stay on Samui and commute to the Full Moon Part by speed boat, there are many operator which includes transfer by minibus from/to your hotel. Book in advance for transfer and to be certain of space. Some of the major companies are Lomprayah/Lomlakh (Bang Rak), Ruangsri and Mr. Tu (Phu Yai Non pier), and Grand Sea Discovery (Maenam). If you commute to Haad Rin on Koh Phangan for the party, be aware of that most resorts have a minimum stay of about 4 nites around the FMP dates. As mentioned above the Haad Rin Queen – she sails from her Bang Rak pier – can be heavily booked around FMP. Another option is the Lomprayah catamaran from Pralarn Pier (Maenam) that sails to Thiongsala on Phangan, you need transfer from there to Haad Rin. Lomprayah offers a minibus transfer servide from/to hotels on Samui; I have no kn owledgeif they have similar service on Phangan.

You need passport and a proof of address in Thailand – you don't need a drivers license to own a vehicle, only to drive one – proof of address is norm ally issued by the local immigration office. Some land transport offices accepts a Yellow House Book for foreigners as proof of address, and some always request a letter from the immigration office. The local dealer for new motorbikes would know what documents are needed and will normally take care of mandatory insurance and the registration at the local Land Transport Office.

Not sure what you mean with "have land and a house but not on the same plot". "Chanot" is a nickname for the Nor Sor 4 title-deed, which is the only title deed with full ownership. There are numerous titles for deeds, some of them are only for right to use the land for farming (a post above has shown names). A house book – also called the Blue House Book – is NOT proof of ownership, it just shows the house number and address, and who is registered as living at that address. One person will be registered as "host" – which can be the house owner – that person can allow other people to be registered on the address in the house book. Foreigners are listed in a separate Yellow House Book. I'm not aware of what "metal signs" you mention.

Yes.

"The next day they finally contacted Mrs. Sun and found she was safe with a different group of friends on the Pha Ngan Island in Surat Thani."

Thanks for your comment. About ceremonies. When a spirit house is put up there will (normally) not be any ghosts moving in. You need a brahmin or shaman to make the ether-beings aware of their new home(s). There are going to be both be plenty of food and other stuff to make the new place interesting for the ghosts. The Shaman will place the small figurs that symbolic are going to host the invisible inhabitants of the house. The shaman will also shout at the spirits to force them to move into the house and often use noisy fireworks, just like the Chinese use fireworks at Chinese New Year to clean the houses from bad spirits. That kind of beings hate loud noises, also cymbals and drums are effective. Some of my images from a housewarming party for ghosts... As with the much in Thailand, the ceremony can vary from area to area, some places Buddhist monks will do the ceremony and persuade the spirits to move in. Nobody dare to touch an abandoned spirit house remaining in place. It needs to be moved to a forest. There might still be some beings living in the house and – probably not to be haunted by ghosts – abandoned spirit houses in a forest might still have fresh gifts placed in front for a while, like this abandoned home at Ghost Road, where a figure that might be hosting a ghost is still sitting there... If a ghost has already moved in, you can satisfy it with a shrine. The story here is about a spirit that lived in a sacred palm – a very high straight palm, unlike the often bended coconut palms. A foreigner bought the land a wanted to build a house, but was told that he could not cut down that sacred palm in the middle – no workers dared to do it – so he had his coming luxury house designed with the sacred palm standing in the middle, actually in a part of the living room, which made the house look quite outstanding. However, the coming house owner didn't show up for a ceremony to ask the spirits of the land's for permission to build the new house. That means bad luck – the house will never be a lucky home. A lightning hit the sacred palm-tree so it died during the building process; not to forget to say that the workers got really scared. Now the house was reconstructed so there would be roof over the area where the sacred palm once was. A old lady living nearby had a dream – or enlightment – where a ghost came to her and told her that it's home had burned by lightning and the new house owner didn't give the spirit new home – i.e., placed a spirit house on the land plot, where you some times will place a temporary home for the spirits of the land during house construction – so now the spirit has moved in a big three on a nearby land plot, neighbouring the old lady. The old lady had a shrine placed for the new inhabitant in the tree... The foreigner that build the new house never placed any homes for ghosts and (therefore) had many problems – the roof was leaking and resultet in heavy water damages – and finally he had to sell it, as it became too expensive to keep, some of the money also came from a mortgage. A new foreign owner also got lots of serious problems – and also more water damages plus the costs of a new roof on top of the old one – and finally gave up to stay in the house, which is abandoned at the moment. It has been up for sale – however, the sign seems to disappear a couple of times, without the house being sold – so if you are interested in spending $2.5 million in a haunted home, you might have a bargain right here. Therefore, in Thailand it's (very) important always to ask permission from the ether beings and in general have a good relationship with them. If you build a house, have the monks or an astrologer to give you the right starting time and point the lucky post, which is the first one to be raised. And don't forget to place a small piece of gold under it. And don't forget gifts to the spirits and attend the ceremony yourself as coming house owner – even that you don't believe in ghost, your workers and neighbours do – you never know what is the truth. The photo is the erection of the lucky post when I build my house in 2009 – and yes, i have had no problems (so far)...

"Additionally the autopsy result is awaited to determine the cause of death but it is still uncertain whether he was hanged or hanged himself, they said." (Quote from article.) Probably difficult to hang oneself with hands tied on the back with cable ties; even if one suffers from depression and is a long time habitant on the island. The are a number of Ukrainians living/staying on Samui, some have been here since before the Covid-pandemic.

Oh, they look really Lanna! I see, one of them has a ladder, one has none. In the ghost houses I see on the rice fields, they always have a letter. Are they for spirits that can't fly? They – the two spirit houses – are for two different kind of spirits. The one with the ladder is for the garden-spirits Chao Thi or spirits of the land – they seems to need a ladder to climb up into their home – while the one post house is for the ancestor's spirits or spirits of the house, or the house guards Phra Phum, which apparently seems to be more ether-beings and able to fly into the home. In rice fields it Phi Na you needs to make happy. That spirit is guardian of fields and rice paddy, and also needs a ladder. It is (extremely) important, always to ask the spirits for permission. There are 8 further ghosts/spirits besides the ones for garden and house and fields. They are the guards for gates and stairs, why you never must step on the doorstep to a Thai house; guardians of animals; guardians of storehouses and barns yards; guardian of forrest/woods; guardian of mountains; guardian of fruit plantagens; guardian of water; and guardians of military defence installations. Old spirit houses cannot just be disposed, they needs to placed in a wood. Where I live we have a road called Ghost Road, where the old outdated spirit houses ends... You might also see a tree with lots of coloured bands and often women's dress and shoes, they are for phi nang Ta-khian / younger sister Ta-khian-ghost. She is the keeper of the merawan wood, called ta-khian in Thai, a wood that has excellent properties for building the characteristic Long-tail boats. If you cut down the tree and use it for something other than boat building, for example to build a house, nang Ta-Khian will take cruel revenge, death may be the result... Larger companies, on the other hand, have a shrine to Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu god deva Brahma, who is generally believed to protect against danger and bring prosperity in business... Spirits seem to prefer red drinks – especially Red Est or Red Fanta – for which there is not one good explanation. A newspaper (I cannot mention due to Forum-rules) wrote in an article that the red drinks may be due to kuman thong, which is marked as a figure of a little boy, or nang kwak, the beckoning younger girl. Child ghosts are said to like red drinks, just like other children. But it could also be because the red sweet drink is sweet enough to have enough energy for wishes to be fulfilled. The article added that there are many possibilities, and also mentions blood, that devotees probably don't want to cut themselves every day to please these beings, so instead they started offering them bottles of red potion - to trick them... So, I always store Red Fanta in my house...

I was also asked about religion and why I wanted to live/stay in Thailand. It seems to vary a lot between the provinces, others have posted that they more-or-less got their Yellow House Book with only an approved translation of their passport.

I just follow the local traditions and what my lovely girlfriend decide to give of alms for the monks; it's her money. I also attend service in a temple – when needed – and politely try to follow the custom. I was mainly the one that insisted on a pair of spirit houses next to my house. Both because it's custom, but also because I like them – I chose a pair of wood houses from Chiang Mai – and just in case, if there are spirits living on the land or from any ancestors, I might also be prevented from being haunted by angry poltergeists inside my own house. Just got my ghost's houses replaced – I hope the ether beings will be happy now – as the former set was worn out after almost 14 years heavy use, helped by the local weather gods...

To my experience and knowledge – I'm also extending stay based on retirement... 1) You can do it up to 45 days before expiry date of your present stay, but you need to check with the local immigration office, some don't accepts more than 30 days before. 2) You shall apply for extension of stay at the immigration office where you live (i.e. your registered address). 3) Retirement extension is simple, you don't need an agent, just follow the local immigration office's rules (they are little different from office to office). 4) You don't need agent; however, for service with paperwork a few thousand baht would be a fair price. 5) You can go alone, you don't need a translator at the major locations with foreigners, they often have a list in English with requirements; all forms are in both English and Thai language.

Yes, to my knowledge you need to be registered in a house book to get a Thai ID-card. The interview is probably needed if you have not been registered in a house book before and lived abroad; just like when a foreigner applies for being registered in a yellow house book.

Yes.

Link HERE – it's fusion jazz; I'm the original producer and publisher. Same theme use HERE (YouTube) in a more contemporary remix/new-work, one of several. More HERE of recent re-releases on vinyl and contemporary remixes/new-works.

Isn't that what I just said: "double albums"... PS: I just got one of tracks I've produced re-released on a 45RPM compilation double-album vinyl.

It's depending of where you live. Some has reported here – in ASEAN NOW forums – that it's an easy process, for others it has been complicated. In my own case it was almost like applying for permanent residency; apart from not been paying income tax from work in Thailand; I was allowed a translator (my lovely girlfriend) for the interview; and I should not sing the national hymn (the tessa ban-staff shall be happy that I did not sing).

No, the flat disc was invented by Emile Berliner in 1887, and further completed by Peter Goldmark to the LP-vinyl disc in 1948. Frequencies over 16kHz are not interesting, as you hardly can hear them, one non-existing musical octave more is 16-32kHz. In the lacquer cutting process the treble limiter would normally be set at 15kHz. 44kHz 16-bit linear digital sound goes up to 20kHz, which is just 1/4 of an octave over 16kHz, where you might be lucky to find some key rattling sound; which was our usual HF-test in recording studios. And you still need microphones to record acoustic sound – and overtones – but also microphones has a limit in frequency range. The best studio microphones, for example the Neumann U87 or Røde NT1, don't snap anything higher the 20kHz. Many microphones are in the range up 15kHz, which is enough in most cases...