kranuan

because she is staying overnight with her BOYFRIEND !!! WAKE UP !!!

why do they only come to us ? " farangs " thai people do not have money ? or thai people are stingy greedy people and will not help their fellow man when down on their luck.

oh, i just cant wait for the 1st negitive post on here.

waiting

" oh, i just cant wait for the 1st negitive post on here."

Definition of a troll, no?

troll

One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument

I see beggars on Pattaya Tai, especially on market days and they get money from Thais and farang. 10 or 20 baht from someone who works in 7-Eleven may not seem like much, but I've not seen many farang putting a similar percentage of their income in the beggars' cups. In fact most walk by studiously avoiding eye contact with the beggar.

One of the reasons there is very little hunger in Thailand is because a Thai, no matter how poor him/herself, will almost always be willing to share.

I suppose from your point of view this amounts to a "negitive" post. If you want to give someone some charity, do it to help the person, not to make yourself feel self-important or to use as an excuse to start another Thai bashing thread. That's not being charitable.

more s**t talk , but hey im used to it by now . ok i,ll correct you, you come on here saying i am a troll , i can assure you i am not but it doesnt really matter to me what you or anyone else thinks of me. then you say i give beggers money to make myself feel important , nothing could be further from the truth, doesnt it break your heart to see some 70 year old lady sitting with a small child at the side of the road ? you want to be ashamed of yourself. thirdly i am not on here to bash thai,s if i did not like thais i would not feel the need to give them money . im just stating the facts about never seeing thai people give to beggers or even beggers approaching thai,s .

Is it so hard to nod your head or say hello when passing other human being. Something serious wrong with the many of the people on this forum. More hate here behind the computer screen. Most of you should be ashamed of yourself.

+1 .... im with you all the way on that my man

first of all hi, its nice to be nice. secondly , never mind the gym, there are plenty of them here on thaivisaforum

Did you just want to come on here to tell the world how you like to throw your money around spreading largesse and happiness everywhere you go like the Candyman (not Clive Barker's Candyman). I'm guessing you're an English Teacher with a massive inferiority complex and a ban from whatever other forum you infest regularly....

theyre everywhere

lots of thais give to beggars <deleted> are you talking about?

&lt;deleted&gt; , heres the first one , allready, no shortage of them here on tv. tut tut

get out of bed earlier, they to the ones in orange then

those are the worst ones ..........

im not on here to slag off monks either, sorry. and yes i have lived the village life so am used to early mornings.. ok, you sit in a bar or on the beach, in a resturaunt, some deformed begger comes along, i have yet, in all my years of being in thailand , yet to see them even stop to pray in front of a group of thai,s and beg for money. its allways farang. i honestly havent seen a thai giving a begger money, or a russian for that matter.

i was in udon once, a very old filthy woman was collecting plastic bottles on a heavy cart, i was sitting at a bar, i gave her 60 baht , something to eat im thinking, anyway a group of farang guys were sitting beside me watching this, none of them gave. while later she comes back up the road pulling her cart, sits down in front of me, i watch her, she then pulls out a purse from under somewhere and proceeds to count her money there in front of me, the roll of notes she had would " choke a donkey ", she slyly looked up at me and smiled, i couldnt help but laugh , then the guys at the table beside me were laughing too. guess they,d seen it all before.

they really all do think we,re rich, dont they ?

why do they only come to us ? " farangs " thai people do not have money ? or thai people are stingy greedy people and will not help their fellow man when down on their luck.

oh, i just cant wait for the 1st negitive post on here.

waiting

Open a bar free beer and poddy tat less bribes to BIB Profit 30% on investment.And still buy condo for self to live in.

&lt;deleted&gt;....there is allways one isnt there

1,2m 29sqm fully furnished renting out for 9000baht a month 100% occupancy since completed 2 years ago..

location location.. =)

1.2 M 100% occupancy. 9000 x 12 = 108.000 per annum , take off maintanence charges , what are you left with ?

looks like too much of a gamble to me.

What return do you want? Based on 3.5M here's the numbers - gross before expenses and assuming 100% occupancy.

Monthly Rent Annual Rent % p.a. Return

10,000 120,000 3.42%

12,000 144,000 4.11%

15,000 180,000 5.14%

20,000 240,000 6.86%

30,000 360,000 10.29%

As you're unlikely to get 30k rent on a 3.5M condo (more like 12-15,000) and it would be unlikely to maintain 100% occupancy, the best return you could probably expect on average after allowing for reduced occupancy and expenses will be circa 4%.

Plus you have the drama of trying to release your capital eventually by selling the condo, and of course it will be a seller's market for years to come (joke).

I know 4 people that have done this and all regretted it with a passion. One chap owns three condos and is virtually cashflow destitute because he can't sell them and can't get regular tenants. Russian tenants trashed one of them last year and he can't afford to get it repaired. Another chap is getting 25,000 baht a month on a shop building he paid 17M for and can't give it away at 12M. His return is a massive 1.76%. p.a.

A return of arguably 4% is hardly worth the risk compared to a bank deposit, unless you want to hang your hat on capital gains and appreciation of the Baht over the next 3 to 5 years. I wouldn't, but then I'm naturally averse to residential property for investment purposes.

Three or four mill is a decent sum - consider the sharemarket balanced with TD's for a better return, not much more risk if done wisely, and certainly much more liquid.

very very good solid advice, i like replies like this. common sense . thankyou

3.5 budget maybe stretch to 4 , doing some homework on this first . bang saray ? bangkok ? ban chang ? rayong ?

definately not jomtien !!!!!!

its only a thought at minute, 3.5 - 4m in thai bank wasting away, we could get 3% on it leaving it with kasikorn but then we are thinking of a condo or house to rent.

any advise ? if so please provide pictures, links, details please.

thanks

you dont say what race you are . do you have arab looks maybe ? if so then the police are only doing their job and are to be commended.

go to a chinese money changer, they,ll bite your hand off for them, loads of them about. to me its the height of stupidity for banks to refuse a slightly torn note.

He is falling love i guess ... lol .

i just wanna warn you if you really have hert to just for helping . Do not care any comments just help her as you donate some money for unisafe oganization. i m really appreciate instead her ..

But if really you have some feeling to her and she may have feeling to you . that must be careful ..

The important thing i hope you really know her well ..Not just a week , a month .. or a few months .. keep in touch with her without money then you will understand her mind..

I am a thai lady .. that i speak directly .

Good luck to you ..

well, at last somebody has replied with some sense. thankyou

5K a month.

She was paying room for her other 2 room mates too, they are not friends obviously.

She must be new to the scene.

No way she paid more than her 1/3 share of the rent.

The only one "new to the scene" is Kranuan and "the nice lady" knows it. Hilarious !

Cheers.

Instead of finding new accommodation for his teerak, he should cut to the chase and send the money for the new pick up and Isaan mansion right now

another bloody idiot ...tut tut .

hello,

thai national in belfast/ uk on a 10 year PR or ILR , she has been granted stay for further 10 years, originally she has been in belfast -uk on EEA family permit .

can she travel from dublin ( eire ) to bangkok ? or does she need a schengen visa. ( flights are chaeaper from dublin-bkk )

if my memory serves me i think her papers say she can travel throughout eu freely now , for next 10 years anyway.

advise please.

maybe its for you ? why not get your friend to ask ? isnt he over 18 years old and can speak for himself.

yea,

and swissie met his thai wife / gf / gik iwhile she was working in a bank

her room is just north of 2nd road

Sai Song, aka 2nd Road, runs pretty much north/south-ish. So are you saying she lives in Naklua? or possibly the Dolphin Roundabout?

It sounds like you're not in Pattaya since you speak of sending her a little money. If she's Thai and working in Pattaya, she's going to know far better than anyone on Thai Visa where to locate a room that's to her liking. As Piston Broke said, there's no end to rooms available. She just needs to ask around and do a little walk about.

I doubt she wants her room to be chosen on her behalf by some remote control farang or by some people on a message board. If she's going to be paying the rent, then it's really entirely up to her. If you're paying, tell her what you're going to be sending EVERY MONTH WITHOUT FAIL and, assuming she believes you, she can look for a place based on that information.

It's nice that you want her to have a fan and TV and that you are feeling all warm & protective, but she's probably quite capable of making decision about where she wants to live ... and she's probably heard plenty of stories about farang who are big on promises and short on follow-through.

"do any of you guys know of any other rooms for thai girls "

You do understand this is Thailand and there are no special rooms set aside for Thai girls? They're pretty much allowed to live where they want.

another negitive fool tut tut

thankyou

Not possible to say without knowing the various charges/fees applied by the banks .

Where will the conversion take place ? That will also be a factor !

thanks,

its not just a case of using a calculator, i imagine someone in the business world will know the hidden costs etc and could advise me approriateley. the money is going from kasikorn bank to uk bank.

smart arse , yes i do but how much would the whole transfer be ? negitive idiotic reply , u must be angry with life ?

at todays rate 53.09 if i were to send back 3.3 mill baht how much would i end up with in uk ?

thanks