Badbanker

I have looked at houses to buy and the prices being asked are about 30% above market value! No one wants to really sell! In the past past 3 years I have seen landed houses prices in the lower Sukumvit area before Onnut that are stupid like their owners!

What about the Airport Link starting from Suvarnambum to Phayathai to Don Muang? Will the link ever be finsihed? Typically airport links do not require you to change trains or providers?

I thought it was Chinese cheapo stuff!

So the 99 year lease means all the property must be sold to the govenrment at govenrment rates so they can lease it to foreigners? I thought Trump was a joke but this a is bigger one!

Its a bit sad that the governments in their own countries are so corrupt, that their citizens have to go overseas and scam innocent people!

Obviously the government weed shop complained about unfair competition from an unlicensed foreign import that would effect their sales!

Can see this being implemented with a million motorcycles in Bangkok that are the lifeblood! NOT!!!!

Right now there are thousands of houses effectively owned by foreigners through a nomineee company in Thailand and this has been going on since 1972! Condos that are past the 49% foreigner ownership level just register a nominee company to hold the property and effectively own them! There are also many very large hotels similarly owned by nominee companies effectively totally controlled by large hotel chains. This is normally done is quitely, but Chinese people have decide to be open about it as their number grow intensly in Thailand. The Thai government needs to wake up to the reality of the real world!

There are 10 international schools in Ekamai!

So why the picture of the Durian?

I total work of fiction! Sort of what we expect from TTG!

I can't count the number of people I know over the past 35 years that have been scammed in major property deals in Phuket! Sadly, investors don't realise that they can't really own land in Phuket or anywhere else in Thailand and because of this it is only just a matter of time before it is all gone and they are broke and destitute and have to leave with their property now owned by unscrupulous Thai groups that specifically target expat landed property owners. Police, banks, government officials and the legal system actively support this criminal behaviour because they make huge amounts of money from it. Sad and you would think people learn but they don't!

After riding a motorcycle for 36 years in Bangkok, people need to know that riding here is not the same as the UK! Sadly many people don't have any real riding experience and just jump on an automatic motorcycle and just go and think the magic carpet ride will save them!!!! No the rules don't change! If you have no helmet and you hit you head you will die! I remember someone at an Embassy in Bangkok saying they take 1 farang a week out of Samui in a body bag!

Sadly, identity theft is so common in this country that government officials at times lose sight of the humanity necessary to show respect to an individual who is not able to present themselves in person. Land title transfers are a particularly difficult act as a whole families property assets are effectively changing hands and DO end up in the wrong malicious hands defrauding generations.