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Right. Wealthy people are exempted.

No. Not only. I think you know what it means...

Its obviously not only about Pattaya. Its about lower and mid level budget retired expats in Thailand in general.

"Pattaya can longer rely on elderly retiree expats While substantial Thai tourism will certainly resume once the pandemic subsides, the traditional expat market is already in steep decline. These are the guys who retired here on fixed pensions to enjoy the golden years before the prospect of the crematorium became a near-term possibility. Journalist Sarah Scuzzarello describes this group as “Elderly retirees enacting privilege over local people because of their superior wealth.”" https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/pattaya-can-longer-rely-on-elderly-retiree-expats-388987 It appears that it is indeed headed that way. BTW: Compliments to Barry Kenyon for all his columns. Is he not the most brilliant writer on expat issues here?

I wouldn't trust Putin as far as I could throw him.

You actually don't know the specific details of my personal finances. The topic was started as a GENERAL discussion about one of the hottest topics in the US now.

I don't believe there is a one size fits all plan. In fact I totally REJECT that. There are good reasons to sell up: Great timing for large profits Taking the primary residence tax break not available to landlords Needing the windfall to fund expatriation Poor temperament match for being a landlord Avoiding the possible great complications of being a landlord from abroad even using management firms KEEP IT SIMPLE Investing windfall money in other investment classes. If you love real estate you can buy reits. Age when selling, estimated life expectancy Ties to the US or lack thereof Strong intention to never move back though of course minds can change Each person faces their own unique decision making process based on complex factors There is no guarantee of making the best decision whatever decision is made.

Don't hold your breath.

A relevant podcast getting into a lot of the details of the situation. But I think they are sounding too cheerful about it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/why-your-rent-is-going-up/

Just leave California.

That is true. Thanks for that.

I just had my Moderna booster today after the initial two AZs. Had to pay for it. No problem. I would have been fine with the free Pfizer but I was not comfortable with the super spreader environments of the venues I had access to for it.

Puppet man?

No. There are many exceptions. I listed them before. Nobody is saying D is any kind of panacea. Its more like there's very little downside, it might help, so why not?

This is kind of funny in a good way. So I went in for a jab and made some noise about the Thai number not being on either of the documents I had from the sign up phase. The response without even looking was that even so it was already in the system. I insisted that they verify that it was the previous correct number. It was. Now have the shot, a new updated certificate, and update in Morphrom too.

Sorry for not clarifying. I was referring to a personal situational thing. If I had to pay rent here that money would come from taxable withdraws from my traditional IRA. So not needing to do that lowers my taxable income.

Not same. Different.

Thai real estate? This is about US real estate.

If people enjoy preaching and gloating about how this real problem won't ever effect them, do what you will. But that's not what this topic is about. The topic is about something real and dramatic that is indeed a very serious issue for masses of Americans, some of whom are potentially repatriating expats. Such people can't possibly know the life histories including the financial aspects of everyone who may be negatively impacted by this dramatic and historic housing price inflation. Cheers

This hasn't been anything like normal housing inflation. It's obviously hit a lot more non expats than returning expats.

There are reasons. To do what you want with your space. To get well settled. No landlord. To lower the risk of being forced to move. To prepay rent. In my case as an American there have been US tax advantages.

Perhaps someone can help with this. I had two AZ jabs already and the hospital that did those issued me with a Thai ID formatted number which was needed to get my vaccination record in Morphrom. So far so good. Well I paid for a Moderna jab at a private hospital and showed them both my printed certificate and my record in Morphrom hoping they would then know to enter my existing Thai ID formatted number into my record so that the booster would show up in Morphrom. Almost needless to say they did no such thing. They only entered my passport number. I will soon get my booster. I will try to get them to add my Thai ID formatted number but based on my experience so far not confident that they will. If they will, is it important that it be added before the shot or can it be done after? Is it possible that Morphrom will match the passport number and not even need the Thai number? If I'm unable to fix it at the hospital, is there a way to request a fix directly through Morphrom?

It's a theory but there is still no good reason NOT to address D deficiency.

Not at all impressed by this youtuber but why should f-rangs care if he has a work permit. Stockholm Syndrome.

There is a good reason that its added. Calcium.