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I think this guy's very lenient or overpays for his properties,

"Here is my lazy formula for comparing income-producing properties at a glance. It's called the "one percent rule", which means that a good cash flowing rental will bring in 1% of it's total value each month. So You simply multiply one month's rent by 100 to arrive at a ballpark value.

For example, if a property will rent for $1000 a month, and tenants pay all utilities, then that property is worth a maximum of $100,000 to me. ($1000 rent x 100 months = $100,000 value) That does NOT mean that if you pay $100,000 you can automatically get $1000 in rent. Some $100k houses will only rent for $750, leaving a negative cash flow."

http://www.lazymentor.com/RealEstate/onepercentrule.html

Keep it in context, eh? That incident happened as part of the 'war on the drugs'. They occurred all over the Thailand, so they say.

Here's a nice place. This can't be overpriced at 12,000 baht per month.

^ That's very difficult if your only language is English. One would have to engage the service of a translator, which would become quite expensive, in the long run, perhaps even more so if you were using a Thai partner as go-between. Which leads us to the point of why the Op is most probably posting, asking for help finding an apartment, here on Thaivisa.com and not Pantip.com, where the foremost language medium used is the Thai language

Also, I've found some quite good long term housing rental bargains at Mrroomfinder.com. Rather a lot cheaper than a Thai rental website with the added bonus of having an English speaking landlord, sympathetic to western rental norms.

Remember, we must stick to writing in English language only, here at this website.

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Once again my recommendation, with which I have found great success to the point that the rents I've quoted have been met with mocking disbelief here on TV.com is to follow the methods I've outlined above.

I could imagine. However, this would spring from potential renter's lack of knowledge of local market prices.

^ That's very difficult if your only language is English. One would have to engage the service of a translator, which would become quite expensive, in the long run, perhaps even more so if you were using a Thai partner as go-between. Which leads us to the point of why the Op is most probably posting, asking for help finding an apartment, here on Thaivisa.com and not Pantip.com, where the foremost language medium used is the Thai language

Also, I've found some quite good long term housing rental bargains at Mrroomfinder.com. Rather a lot cheaper than a Thai rental website with the added bonus of having an English speaking landlord, sympathetic to western rental norms.

Remember, we must stick to writing in English language only, here at this website.

"I'm starting to think perhaps you're in the business?"

As a renter, yes.

^ That's very difficult if your only language is English. One would have to engage the service of a translator, which would become quite expensive, in the long run, perhaps even more so if you were using a Thai partner as go-between. Which leads us to the point of why the Op is most probably posting, asking for help finding an apartment, here on Thaivisa.com and not Pantip.com, where the foremost language medium used is the Thai language

Also, I've found some quite good long term housing rental bargains at Mrroomfinder.com. Rather a lot cheaper than a Thai rental website with the added bonus of having an English speaking landlord, sympathetic to western rental norms.

Remember, we must stick to writing in English language only, here at this website.

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And I've found "an English speaking landlord, sympathetic to western rental norms" only comes with grossly overpriced real estate targeted at foreigners, which is exactly what I'm talking about avoiding.

Eh? Many English speaking property owners would disagree with you on that point.

^ That's very difficult if your only language is English. One would have to engage the service of a translator, which would become quite expensive, in the long run, perhaps even more so if you were using a Thai partner as go-between. Which leads us to the point of why the Op is most probably posting, asking for help finding an apartment, here on Thaivisa.com and not Pantip.com, where the foremost language medium used is the Thai language

Also, I've found some quite good long term housing rental bargains at Mrroomfinder.com. Rather a lot cheaper than a Thai rental website with the added bonus of having an English speaking landlord, sympathetic to western rental norms.

Remember, we must stick to writing in English language only, here at this website.

Anything advertised on the internet or other english medium will be above regular prices.

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Who said anything about English

Anything advertised on the internet or other english medium will be above regular prices.

Just walk around neighborhoods you like within walking distance of your target piers look out for signs and ask the street vendors, beauty shops and moto drivers.

If you really want to put in a concentrated effort for a particularly attractive and difficult area, pass out a little flyer describing what you're looking for and offering a thousand or two finders' fee.

Yes, Nonthaburi, full of signs written in English and English speaking Thais who don't believe in the policy of dual charging.

So much more productive than the internet.

Tic.

Mrroomfinder has a few places in Nonthaburi.

Their website's history. Though, it can be partly found in the google cache,

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GuupzU7-0coJ:www.pavenafoundation.or.th/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D36%26Itemid%3D84%26lang%3Den+paveena+foundation&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

Good move on the council part. If you let on that she's a gardener with a hoe, she may become popular with your mates and not have to rely on your dosh, so much.

Thais looked at me in disbelief when I told them that I caught a 4-meter mouse/rat in my backyard!

Ngoo= snake and Noo is mouse or rat.

There hotline is, 1134.

No shark would loan that amount, unsecured.

How could debts be enforced if you were to swim across a narrow part of the Mekong, to Laos?

Grab a Thookdee card from a Thai 7/11. One calls a toll free number, then the number will call you back and ask for you to enter the Aussie mobile number. Just drop the zero and then add 61 to the front, bingo you're in. Cheap as chips. One baht a minute for landlines and six baht a minute for mobiles.

http://www.thookdee.com/home/index_en.php

I don't think skype shows a sender's number. So a percentage of calls will go through to the goalkeeper.

Did you notice that there are no TV or Hi-Fi about?

Seems like she was sick of the Op's cooking.

What do the picture of the squid and fish have to do with the accident?

Where are the pics?

Being the holder of a foreign currency account with TMB and also a long term resident of Thailand, I'd like to know if it's possible to have the fifteen percent withholding tax payments, on the interest, which are currently collected by the bank at interest payment time, suspended.

It would be nice to have the option of paying it myself, not by the bank, at my annual Thai income tax return filing time

If it can be done, what paperwork would I have to show to the bank?

I've emailed the bank and their response was to phone the bank's call center, however the call center's staff English was lacking and they couldn't grasp the phrases 'withholding tax or foreign currency account'.

My next available path of inquiry would be to find and go to a branch which has English speaking staff. This may be time consuming and frustrating as it would be hit-and-miss locating fluent staff.

When I do find out whether or not it's possible, then I'll consider going direct to the bank's head office in Ladprao and then submitting the necessary paperwork.

Agencies, on average, take 40 percent, of the teacher's salary, which is paid from the school to the agent. It should be no problem for the agent to pay for an employee's trip to immigration, etc. Negotiation is what it's all about. There are plenty of agents about, so just threaten to walk and see how quickly you are paid. If you are a valued member of staff, that is.