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I never see Thai as food waisters..

How about next time when u go restaurant ur thai family tell them you wont pay for the bill,then let see if they still order many dishes that they will not even finish..

Sorry to say but i never seen a country like this with such a political system

My guess is that the country will be bankrupt before any election...

Kindly have a look this list it covers most of it...:

1.Ease land owning regulations so allow us foreigners to limited ownership example max purchase of one rai in our own name on the title deed.

2.Ban the 49% foreigner business ownership rules with thai share holders but change it into a 100% foreigner business ownership in Thailand.

3.Present us a one stamp a year hassle free visa.With no strings attached except our one year payment.

4.Land plots bigger then one rai should come with a minimum of one 100 year lease.

5.Police / and Thai courts need be more serious to end the Thai against farang crimes.(no 500 BHT fine for a bag snatcher)

6.Police need change their hot uniform in a uniform that is more suitable for this hot climate.Example bermudas and shirts with short sleeve.

7.Ban jet skies en horses from all Thai beaches.

8.Bring back on the beach chairs ,umbrellas,food and cooling drinks.

9.Consider all outdoor burnings a serious crime that carries a minimum of 2,500 BHT fine.

10.Modernize and simplify the rules for work permits.example 4 staff rules etc etc...

11.Ban all security guards from carrying whistles.

12.Go back to a democratic system as that will surely help to recover with the poor economical situation of Thailand.

13.Offer expats health care insurances for a reasonable price.

14.End the dual pricing in Thailand especially in hospitals.

If we forgot something please be free to add some more demands...

How about the usually fine (without a receipt) of 15,000 to solve the case ?

Yes Bangkok from all cities is the worst to invest for condos in Thailand ..

Problem there is too many thais who hardly buy ur resale condo....Thais only buy new condos off plan with payment plan..

then like the guy said its normal to pay 4 M BHT for 40 sqm and fetch 19 K on monthly rent..if ur lucky to rent it out...

Then they just keep building so rental prices only going down

U can forget about the one procent rule in BKK

Why buy a 40 sqm for 4m baht when you can get a 72 sqm for 3.8m baht?

It fetches 20 K monthly is it?

Yes, a 2-bedroom can fetch 20k. Doubt a 1-bedrom can get this in the same locality.

to be honest for an investment property it should be 50% of what you are asking...I need have ROI within ten years time..

Then the financial market is the place to invest.

My property investment here since 2007 returns only in the range of 12-15% pa.

thats a good return

Sorry i do not fully understand u ...

If i like ROI within ten years then it means i be happy to make 10% return of investment on each year...

if you got property investments of 12-15% pa then tell me more about it.

financial market never give these gains unless being prepared to accept simular losses.

So during this coup there will not be another coup...okay sounds reasonable..hahah

This article looks at land prices in central Bangkok.

A prime site on Sukhumvit Road is said to be 375,000 THB/sqm.

Let’s assume we build 600% sellable square meters on the site and our expenses are 15,000 THB/sqm. for labour and 50,000 THB/sqm. for materials.

Our expenses per sqm. then comes down to 127,500 THB.

What does a new apartment cost in a lowrise building on a prime location on Sukhumvit? I see condos at 300,000 THB/sqm.

If the cost of buying land and developing it increase by 10% each year then it will take 9 years before the fundamental value of our condo has reached 300,000 THB/sqm.

No one will ever buy your low and or high rise condo at 300,000 BHT the sqm ...

Sounds insane...12 M bht for a 40 sqm studio...

From viewpoint of farangs :

Jada jada jada..

Your are all from the u go home brigade that is clear....All u seem to want is simply more restrictions then currently for foreigners(citizens) here.

We want purely improvements for us that why we made an improvement list..

The current unfair restrictions for foreigners in Thailand are one of the reasons that brings Thailand in a economic recession: housing market flat,new businesses flat,tourist numbers flat.Lately hardly any foreigner plans to invest money in Thailand (except perhaps some chinese) for either holiday ,real estate,and or open a business especially if u need to invest 100% to own only 49%.So hardly any tax revenue for Thailand from this.While the country depends heavily on investments and spending money from foreigners.Its a tourist country right..Foreigners have stopped to invest big and small investors stopped.large foreign companies in Thailand are relocating to Vietnam for example..

Do me a huge favor go make your own list with all your sought after new restrictions that will effect all of us even more.We will continue to keep push forward our list with improvements..

Let see how popular you guys be with your huge restriction list for all of us.Besides the u better go home brigade outcast!.

Nowhere in Thailand......

Can only rent cause you cant own houses with their current real estate laws...

U also will never resell it cause thai market housing been dead for years

Sounds you have a great marriage...

So u living in the middle of nowhere? and how is that for u socially?

Your wife is she finished her school ? i mean can she go search a job?

what is the age difference?

Yep, I have a great marriage, exactly what I wanted, I'm very happy.

Living in a moobaan 15Km from CM, all middle class Thais, no foreigners.

Wife just finished high school, starts university in August.

Job ...... maybe after university.

Age difference ........ big.

Enjoy the ride...

As pj asked earlier who is the "we" you keep referring to - or is that just a speech habit ingrained from waving at the masses as you go past?

Earlier i placed a post on TVF about what can be improved for us foreigners in Thailand

This is a selection of the answers i received on that post.So i put them in a clear list..

The go home brigade was only able to come up with more restrictions for us and so i excluded their input.

Talk to any foreign citizen in Thailand and 95% of them will agree with us that the poorly thai government treatment and their unfair laws for foreign citizens should be more in balance and there for updated.

If you guys thinking foreigners going to agree with you and all your silly restrictions and zero improvements for us and for your self well sorry but that does not make any sense..

I personally think they should up the financial requirement for foreigners on retirement visa,s and extensions

I also believe long term foreigners caught driving without proper Thai driving licence be jailed

I believe persons living here who cannot prove how they are supporting themselves in Thailand not be granted long term visa's

Persons caught working without WP be fined and deported

Yes great list with restrictions you have produced....But if you don,t mind i will not include any of your comments in our list cause we are looking for improvements for foreigners and not more restrictions for us over here..

I had very similar problems but developed ways to handle it.

1. Move as far away from other foreigners as you can.

2. Avoid situations where you and your partner mix with other Thai ladies and their foreigner partner.

Now,

My wife has her friends, all Thai.

I have my friends, the foreigners she never gets to meet.

All the Thais my wife now knows, have much less income and lifestyle than she does, problem solved.

If the worst comes to the worst, trade her in for a younger Thai wife.

You may be competing with her friends foreigner husbands, let her compete with the younger Thai girls looking for a lifestyle upgrade.

(Doesn't work if you were daft enough to put significant assets in her name)

Sounds you have a great marriage...

So u living in the middle of nowhere? and how is that for u socially?

Your wife is she finished her school ? i mean can she go search a job?

what is the age difference?

This is their type of culture and especially when they get married with a farang.....

All these Thai girls who married a farang will end up normally with the items that he paid for anyway example,your cars houses land gifts...

These girls indeed use their so called thai friendships only to compare only who get the most stuff.

The girl who extorts the most stuff is the one with the best marriage...(These girls are in fact all jealous of each other and use their thai friendship only to black mail more stuff from u.

Soon as you divorce her she will never hang out with her good thai friends again.cause then there is no purpose..

Tell her if she is not happy then she can live with her thai friends...

or let her get an job in the mac donalds then she has pocket money haha.

Yes Bangkok from all cities is the worst to invest for condos in Thailand ..

Problem there is too many thais who hardly buy ur resale condo....Thais only buy new condos off plan with payment plan..

then like the guy said its normal to pay 4 M BHT for 40 sqm and fetch 19 K on monthly rent..if ur lucky to rent it out...

Then they just keep building so rental prices only going down

U can forget about the one procent rule in BKK

Why buy a 40 sqm for 4m baht when you can get a 72 sqm for 3.8m baht?

It fetches 20 K monthly is it?

Yes, a 2-bedroom can fetch 20k. Doubt a 1-bedrom can get this in the same locality.

to be honest for an investment property it should be 50% of what you are asking...I need have ROI within ten years time..

How about this....

Install under every seat of all the taxis and tuk tuks special meter sensors.

Soon as client will sit in his seat the meter start running...

Yeah they can still refuse rides but at least the meter on or off conversation is no longer an option.

hahaha good luck .

While looking at picture and the extreme negative news that he is bringing again for Thailand nevertheless i see the face of

Mr Somkiat Trirattanaphan, director of the Office of Trade Policy and Strategy.

without any worries in the world

So we do not have to change places with these Rohinyas as was being previous told to us?

So how will this stop the negotiating in the hospital intensive care units with these doctors before they start to operate on foreigners..?

Och i get it it not really to end that its just about having thais not get scammed out on their meds..

We are in good hands with this panel..great job..

Gosh now these Rohinyas will be victims of dual pricing in these Thai hospitals..

You forgot the suggestion to make it cooler and improve the fishing.

I can get along with lousy fishing, but it really is too dang hot.

Most likely u need a work permit for fishing are u aware of it?

So if u have a work permit then you have also 4 thai stafff at your service maybe they can hold umbrella above your head during your fishing..

I do not see any reason why it would take Thailand so long to amend its laws..

Most other countries have these type of laws set already for their foreign citizens...

Hope Thailand will begin to treat their foreign citizens/visitors more equal as their own by implementing our suggestions.

It will make Thailand a popular Country again for the foreigners to visit and to live.,

The sentiment nowadays for Thailand is way less positive then before.

Fix these laws it might stop foreigners relocating from Thailand to Spain.

I could be wrong

But I dont think they care if we all go to Spain

Though if it happens Spain might not be very happy

If all foreigners stopped to visit and or to live in Thailand then Thailand can close down 95% of all its hotels,taxis in the Country etc etc ..basically Leaving the country bankrupt.I sure Thais will care about that.Thailand heavily relies on income from foreigners both tourist and long term stayers.Therefor Thailand should make sure its foreign visitors remain happy...That is not the case now due too poorly treatment for foreigners in their laws..I refer back to the punch list.

when you say our wish punch list

can you put your names,?

i think its ok as it is, and im not a sexpat as you stated in your op, that those who think its ok must be sexpats,

you do live here dont you?

i wrote (s)expats.so Its optional you can choose not sure why u read it as only sexpats.

For the moment i do not live in Thailand because i do not want to live in a Country where Army leaders seized control without elections.

I do not see any harm in our Punch list think will make life better for us.

There is even something about work permits rules so in future u will be allowed to join your wife with any your pig farm jobs while now she does it all by her self right?