you'll need 65k baht coming in a month shown in your thai bank account, if you don't have that an agent can get you the non imm O and retirement extension (15 months in total) for 26k baht, then 12,500 per year after.
A popular agent is Maneerat on Pattaya 13/2 Soi Post Office, on facebook and googlemaps
This farang retired doctor posts these stories regularly. Worth reading this one to see how the doctors can get it wrong
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattayaoracle/permalink/1928581030891910/?mibextid=Nif5oz
certainly risking HIV with those guys.
Only time I've seen similar is Kenya a little bit and Bali very popular with foreign woman incl half decent looking Aussie and europeans
Girls have realised the men are just drinkers only so don't waste time on them, girls are also on thaifriendly so are waiting for a message for a short time
condo fees on older buildings are often too low, it's difficult to vote through an increase which is needed for new lifts and refurbs along with general maintenance. Instead supplementary fees are requested at AGMs to cover planned work
70+ people are looking at 200k+ for good health insurance, at 80 300k, that's now, in the future it's much more.
If people plan to cancel when premiums get unaffordable, why bother now, save the money ahead of time
I'm aware of someone who not only had a claim denied because of a disputed pre-existing condition (court case because of it) but previous claims were requested to be repaid, policy cancelled and premiums refunded