NorthernRyland

Are you saying that theft is actually really common in Thailand given that you leave homes unattended? Thailand seems really safe to me but I've never left a house uninhabited for weeks or months unless it was a rental property.

Isn't Samui full of people who keep holiday homes and wealthy people in general? I've never been to Samui but Phuket was like that. I feel like I don't hear about this kind of thing often in Thailand so it makes me curious.

he had 3 leather couches and 4 air cons across 3 homes, motorbike, TV and probably kitchen appliances. The houses were wooden even. The only questionable thing is why he had 3 houses, otherwise seems pretty normal to me.

Are these common items to steal? I never considered the fact someone would unmount and steal air con units. Leather sofas are difficult to steal also and I would think difficult to sell even. All of these trips and transporting would take hours so I thought this was the kind of thing burglars avoided.

Who does that???

If our visa is up to date then what possible are they checking for? Even in the case we get involved with the police they notify immigration for us, coming to our house gains nothing. Maybe if they can prove some guy is overstaying his visa and they know where he lives then fine go to their house, but if you're in good standing I fail to see what this will accomplish except to intimidate us.

Immigration in America and from what I can tell is in the UK is a disgrace. They badger normal law abiding citizens and turn a blind eye to even the most erroneous illegal immigration. I don't want Thailand to do that by any means. Doing 90 day reports is already paranoid and onerous, especially in the case of people who haven't moved in many years, but doing routine house checks would be a whole new level for them. Again, if we're known to be following the law they shouldn't have this paranoid need to come to our house.

Officials in uniform coming to your house suggests you've done something wrong to me or perhaps just an act of intimidation. If they know you're there they shouldn't need to actually come unless they think you're lying or doing something you shouldn't be and they want to catch you in act. Why else do these visits?

They'll have a very detailed answer for that I promise. These people are hard core autists.

No. Go watch one of their videos on YouTube or wherever. Filled full of very detailed arguments and data. I think it may be a game for them even.

I've watched a flat earth video once and I was impressed at how detailed their case was. Some of these people may be autistic but they're higher I.Q than average. It also shows good character that they're willing to take such a wildly contrarian position and defend it. If this was a security guard maybe I would question them but this is a math teacher so they obviously have a good mind to begin with. No questions I'd rather have a high I.Q autistic math teacher than a boring do it by the books type.

That's seriously paranoid. Like most things they're get bored and stop eventually but this is a good way to make us feel like criminals.

Yes but the police aren't able or willing to enforce laws so this new one means nothing. Nice try Thailand.

nice. Where? I bet you married some hill tribe women. ???? Weather in CM is <deleted>. I'm over it.

damn, good thing I didn't!

Thanks for all the information. Yeah this is going over my head so I should get a lawyer. I must say that I'm very skeptical you can get around the laws against foreign land ownership by getting a 30 year lease. Why doesn't everyone do that then? Something not addressed here is the fact the property is marital asset, right? How can you divorce and then expect to hold the property afterwards? In my other thread I was merely hoping to liquidate the property 50/50 but there was doubt as to if that's even possible.

Zebra crossing, median lines of roads, the police themselves are part of the cargo cult of Thailand where they believe that by mimicking they have have actually implemented. It's black magic by superstitious people and doesn't actually exist as such.

Maybe you'll answer in the other comment, but what does your lease say exactly? Whose name is it and what are the terms and conditions? Thanks. EDIT: getting off the computer tonight so I'll have to respond tomorrow.

I don't get this still. Why did you lease the land in your wife's name? how does that help? I assume you paid for the property yourself so why does giving another 180k cash help? Sorry so many questions!

ohhhh so the long term lease isn't possible with non-Thais? That defeats my entire idea then.

Are you referring to the usufruct here? I started another long thread on this topic and this was brought up many times.

I'm not following. The lease can't be longer than 6 months or if we own the land longer than 6 months a lease can not be appended or transferred? In your case your wife owns the land outright, so what is the lease about?

Ok so I'm planning to purchase some land with my wife and I want to protect the case of her death and me being evicted from the land, especially when I'm too old to recover from the loss. Secondarily if there's a divorce (amicable of course) and she would be willing to allow me to purchase back her 50% share of the property. I was thinking if there was a will part of it could be transferring the land to family member who could then lease it back to me. She's not close to most of her family (the ones she is will die well before us) so it seems possible to me the land will be transferred to one of them whom I've never met and am not close with.

So when you buy the land can you arrange the lease at the land office during transfer ?

Does the lease originate on the chanote, how does it get there in the first place? You purchase the land is transferred so I assume the lease starts then providing you set it up, but who has the authority to do that?