madmen

3 minutes ago, rskdev said:

Hell, I have been in and out of Thailand so many times. After a 15 hour flight from my home country, my girl is waiting for me at the gate. After we get the taxi she has nice cold ones waiting for me. I suck them down on the way from the airport to the condo. Taxi man has never said anything about it, i am sure he can smell it. Its just a way for me to wind down after the long flight and be happy to see my girl again. Also I always have 6 beers in my day pack when I take the bus to Pattaya, drink them on the way. If I am worried about the bus driver or taxi man, I have an empty soda bottle I pour my beer into and drink from that. Never a problem. I,m on vacation, its what I like to do. Having a smoke now is a little more difficult these days with there insane smoking law. Like the rest of the atmosphere is so pure, right!!! The dust kicked up from the road by vehicles passing by when walking down any of the streets in Thailand is way worse for breathing.

 

Cheers

Tv non drinkers will automatically brand you an alcoholic. They dont get it because it has nothing to do with "cant wait to get to your hotel for a beer"

As a tourist I used to do the same in the taxi but these days I just got to pattaya for a break from BKK and get the sky train. Near the BTS entrance at the airport there is a 7/11 that sells beer at 7/11 prices, inside the airport ! I usually pull in their for a few on the way to BKK

17 minutes ago, Hummin said:

 The condo marked is going to have a an adjustment soon, so I would wait. 2. I would save up for 100% financial payment myself, or make a bank loan for the rest of the payment in her name, but you pay. Get everything 100% in your name just for the simplicity of the whole situation if somethings goes wrong with the relationship or something happens to her or you for that sake. 

 

I thought the money have to come from abroad only matters if you are going to transfer the money out of the country one day? 

 

At the moment it is better to rent than buy, my two cents. Of course depends on where you want to buy and live. 

 

Keep investments and love seperated. Many girls just wait for getting that little power to keep you as hostage ???? 

"The condo marked is going to have a an adjustment soon"

TV experts have been saying this for the last 20 years along with  " the baht will  implode"

They couldn't have got it more wrong!!

 

 I have friends that missed incredible buying opportunities when I bought lower sukhumvit  thirteen years ago after buying into the TV bar stool annalists... Now they have been completely priced out of the market as the sales boom continues as prices are pushed up to multiples of what I paid. They now stuck in the rental merry go round

If it is made compulsory it will be the final nail in the coffin for many expats

It's the best thing that can happen. Thousands will be saved from the nightmare of chronic illness with no money to pay the bill and forget go fund me, that only works for young TOURISTS and 70 year old expats have a terrible reputation as being in Thailand as PEDOS. SURE we know it's rare but in the West there minds are made up

Repatriation is the way to go IMO

For those thinking about Bali.....Dont !  unbelievable.   The more you look around the better Thailand gets

 

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=ax9tl_1550682004

6 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

what about all the porn, including child porn, openly on sale in bangkok?

 

its a rhetorical question.

I dont think so

38 minutes ago, Captain 776 said:

I lived in Jomtien 2006-2014 before moving to Chiang Mai.

Pattaya continues to spiral downward yearly as the crime rate escalates.

Its too bad they dont completely remodel / revamp Beach Rd and Second and Third Roads and make it an attractive place to visit.

It continues to resemble Nana Plaza more and more.

If you have a gold chain on in Pattaya, it has a 1 hr life expectancy, especially near the open market on Siam Country Club Rd, there is definitely a gold snatch n grab gang there for many years.

Also Beach Road, you can read weekly if not daily about gold snatching there.

when I arrived in 2006 I was warned dont walk on the beach side of Beach Road after 9 pm and it remains very true today, if you doubt it..... read Pattaya Daily News for a week.

I have lived in Chiang Mai 4.5 yrs now and not heard of or read of one gold snatching or motorbike punks grabbing a ladies purse.

6 boys about 14-17 on 3 motorbikes chased us down Soi 27 off Siam Country Club at 7 pm and tried robbing us.

I was only 100 meters from my friends house so grabbed the gas and left, they chased us down to my friends driveway, now they faced 4 big guys....I wanted to rip their heads off, as I moved towards them, 2 of the 6 drew pustols, if he had shot he wouldnt have missed me at 15 meters, they heard the police had been called so jumped on bikes and took off.

A few months later I saw the little piece if shit picture in PDN and he had been arrested for armed tobbery.

You can keep Pattaya....all of it~!!

Pattaya is great if you are working on an oil Platform or a camp job and you just want to support the local prostitute trade during your break and NOTHING ELSE.....NOTHING

"when I arrived in 2006 I was warned dont walk on the beach side of Beach Road after 9 pm and it remains very true today, if you doubt it..... read Pattaya Daily News for a week."

 

But you stayed 8 years anyway? Thats a long time to remain terrified

^ Been looking around Shoppee a bit more...
3x100g bars of IKEA dark, milk, or hazelnut at 100 Baht. IIRC that is the same price as in the store.
https://shopee.co.th/ikea-ช็อกโกแลต-3-แพค-100-บาท-รสดาร์คช็อก-และรสเฮเซลนัต-CHOKLAD-NÖT-CHOKLAD-MÖRK-Chocolate-3pcs-100-baht-i.50011722.1600815604
I just need to learn how to read Thai and I will place an order.
 

Beleive it or not there is a an English conversion there but how to get it must be the most idiotic system ever applied to a website platform.
The Gf tried to set it up for me and it took 45 mins to work it out. First you need to register... And in thai before the English tab becomes visible.. Idiotic

1 minute ago, indepth said:

" the government give you rent assistance about 30% of the rent", as Normy Rowe sang, it aint necessarily so. Depends how much the rent is and how much income you have. On $400 rent and $40000 PA, get back about $30. ( or was it 60 , forget now)

Rent assistance only for pensioners. 40k pa = 0 assistance

What is the expiry date on the jars?

Vegemite can only have more intensity if several years past due by

12 hours ago, indepth said:

When my retire visa expires, gunna try Queensland, Noosa. Rent same as what Im paying here, and no visa crap, im an Ozzie, no 90 report, no reentry permits, not too bloody hot all year round, dont have to worry about being stitched up by crooked cops, no more $3500 PA travel ins. if I get told I need a bypass, I will know its true. If I get ripped off by some business, I can name and shame them. Quicker , and cheaper , to visit my family in another state, can feel a hell of a lot safer on the roads and if in an accident, it wont automatically be my fault. Why not go now you may ask, 60K security bond paid. 

After 12 years Ive been having the same fantasy.  You forgot to mention the government give you rent assistance about 30% of the rent value, real beaches ..no plastic bags littering the shore line and no big fat rats. warm days and cool nights

To the OP both nZ and oz are a part of the Asia pacific region and you did say or elsewhere in Asia

21 minutes ago, Rod the Sod said:

Fair question, and yes hypothetical of course. Bought in 2014 off plan for 150k per SM and everything around here starts at 190k psm nowadays (often in a worse location). I am in Soi 7 Suk, which is the only quiet Soi in Lower Suk and 200m from the BTS. I paid in HK$ to get ownership and as a Brit worked on a GBP exchange rate. A combination of increased land price, location and FX took me to 68%. It is 72sm on the top floor (Gym, pool etc. etc.). I think it would rent at 40k+ very quickly given the location.

 

I didn't originally reply to be smug - just tired of people telling us all their views on property investment in Thailand when most know nowt about it at all other than bar room tattle and sad stories that are countless true and heartbreaking for those unlucky enough to be involved. I am a serious investor and like to spread risk. Thailand is my higher risk investment whilst some others are pretty safe.

Your right soi 7 is probably the quietest soi lower sukhumvit. Im soi 13 which is looking great with a new rd and drains installed and the 5 star hyatt regency on the corner. The old German beer house relocating there from soi 11 is a nice addition

 

But here is the thing. I bought 13 years ago off the plan for just shy of 5 million baht for 80 sqm. I just rented it out on air bnb for 4 months while I traveled at 45k / month ! thats 5million investment for 45k return ! 40 k for long term not a problem.

 

Im tempted o sell and buy back oz dollars as Im 20% to 30 % profit on exchange rate alone and at current value 8 m baht thats a nice payday but dont really want to as the real estate scene lower sukhumvit has exploded in the last 5 years. Take a look at the Q condo connecting to Nana Bts 1 to 5 million USA dollars ! and its in a red light district. But there are big changes happening lower sukhumvit and just like any red light district in the world they eventually get built out due to expanding populations wanting a home as close as possible to the city center

 

I feel sorry for the dummy shoe box renters throwing out the old " never buy real estate in thailand" chestnut. Must be a bitch living in a crappy 6k room with a squeaky ceiling fan, cement mattress and vinyl sofa with a tv from the 80"s ????

On 2/18/2019 at 7:31 AM, yellowboat said:

They are the new suckers.  You can make money, but it is really difficult.  There are easier places to invest and make money.  Thailand aint one of them.

Poor little shoe box renters giving financial advise on condo purchases ????

Wouldn't have helped being fully clothed. Ive seen them at the beach swimming in jeans

17 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

Sounds like she will soon be working for the Junta and Big Joke

She has already been recruited to immigration to scare off those pesky retirees

42 minutes ago, steve187 said:

the story goes on and on, all that money around 10 million, at the tax payers expense to keep a police guard which ended in Oct 2015, why doesn't he just slip out the back.

here is a idea. How about have someone his build with a hat and glasses walk in and have JA walk out in the same cloths. Are cops really standing at all exits 24/7?  what a waste of tax payers money !

Quite a few people with mental health issues on lower suk and Im not talking just farang but specifically thais. something about the buzz of the city or in fact any big city in the world that draws the mentally ill to them

41 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

He should of just come to Thailand....

 

 

 

He could have slid right under the radar,  just another old fart chasing young pussy

Hope he will adapt to being a waiter. Still need money to live and eat