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Quote: "....what about the impact on Thai society, the money that is lost to pay for their children's school, rent, vehicle, general living expenses and who will shoulder that burden and expense?" If entrance is restricted to high-net-worth individuals, how could the above widely spoken negative reasoning be valid on a mass basis? This is a statement repeated again & again but my question goes unanswered.

If that's an actual photo .......... I was thinking just the opposite.

I thought "the average Joe" was not qualified financially to enter.

Quote: "Ask the 'right' question in any poll and you can get any result you want." I have no idea if these specific polls questions were biased /loaded. But there is a lot of truth to the above quote.

Perhaps Fellow US military retiree PIM could help you, send him a pm. He is quite knowledgeable about visa's as well as USG military websites incl TRICARE.

Problem solved as to why my ad wasn't loading /publishing: I didn't select "Location" from dropdown list only (I had typed in my own).

Admittedly, I seldom use Facebook, so I do need more experience navigating it to overcoming lack of understanding. But perhaps someone can help. I loaded an ad on marketplace with 15 pictures plus a lengthy description. So far so good, but a couple things I don't understand or know how to overcome. First of all the ad is labeled "Draft", which leads me to believe I must take further action to make it finally load for public view. But How? Secondly, on further review of "Draft" ad, over on the right at the top is the word "Unavailable". This further makes me believe it hasn't finally loaded. Anybody have helpful advice? Thanks

Property Transfer Tax Calculator | Hero Realtor I'm not sure if the above link is appropriate for land. I never asked.

I spoke with a real estate agent who has been at the Pattaya land office. Foreigners are NOT eligible for the discount. It's only for Thai's & I believe only for first time homeowners, to assist them to become homeowners. In any event, a named Thai property purchaser cannot collect a discount more than one time.

I spoke with a real estate agent today who has been at the Pattaya land office. Foreigners are NOT eligible for the discount. It's only for Thai's & I believe only for first time homeowners, to assist them to become homeowners. In any event, a named Thai property purchaser cannot collect a discount more than one time.

I believe it has restarted, extended thru June 2026. But the question concerns if foreigners are eligible this time. Foreigners were NOT eligible last time. Be careful about the date of which links or news that you read because they is still a lot of the old discount news on the net. Purposeful official lack of clarification until one arrives at the Land Office to be surprised?

Quotes from link: "Bangkok Post - Cabinet endorses property stimulus According to Deputy Finance Minister Krisada Chinavicharana, the cabinet endorsed a raft of measures to promote home ownership and stimulate the real estate sector and related businesses. The measures include reducing the transfer fee from 2% to 0.01% of the transaction value, and slashing the mortgage registration fee from 1% to 0.01% of the transaction value. According to Mr Krisada, the new measures are limited to Thai nationals. The measures come into force the date they are published in the Royal Gazette, ending on Dec 31, 2024." end quote Hmm, guess we need input from somebody who has been to or works at the Land Office.

...& if so, are foreigners eligible or is it just for Thai's?

For example:

MEGA HarborLand @One Bangkok - HarborLand Group It seems to me that perhaps this "One Bangkok" development might almost already fit the Thai Govt's multiple physical requirements for locating a casino. If so & casinos are finally approved - perhaps "One Bangkok" could be the first to have one. Perhaps I am way off base with the physical requirements &/or other Thai gov't criteria, as well as the desires of the "One Bangkok" developers. Am I way off base?

MEGA HarborLand @One Bangkok - HarborLand Group It seems to me that perhaps this "One Bangkok" development might almost already fit the Thai Govt's multiple physical requirements for locating a casino.

Thank you.

As a condo seller in Jomtien I know I need to show Land Office my condo's certification that I have no outstanding unpaid condo bills. Do I have to show similar certification that I have no outstanding unpaid property taxes? If so, where do I get that, Pattaya City Hall? BTW, annually Pattaya City sends me SqM data & asks if I am still the owner. But I have never paid property tax because they do not send me a following bill. I presume because I had previously gone to City Hall with my Yellow Book to register the condo as my primary residence.

The Thai Navy's suggestion: Buy another CCP submarine.

Thank You very much. I will try to do the same.

Following quote from The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams  | Microsoft 365 Blog quote: "After May 5, 2025, the Skype Dial Pad will be available to remaining paid users from the Skype web portal and within Teams."   I'm embarrassed to show my ignorance for what will probably be considered stupid questions, but ...... How do I sign into Skype using the web portal & what is UI?

Goes back even further to playing British & French off against each other so as to keep Thailand a buffer between French to the east (Indochina) and British to the west (Burma-India). Ever since the Thai's have been so proud of themselves for avoiding colonization, they have repeatedly made it a part of their foreign policy.

Real Politik Bismarck Kissinger Nixon Trump Thank God - a return to Real Politik ala Bismarck & Kissinger. Personal experience here in Thailand making our advisory efforts difficult : The unreliable & arrogant Obama /Kerry SecState (idiotic idealistic A-Holes) policy of pausing Security Assistance programs with Thailand only succeeded in turning the Thai's toward the CCP (e.g., potential Thai purchase of /involvement in an unnecessary, expensive & blackmail threatening CCP-Thai submarine program). Trump’s Foreign Policy Abandons Ideology for the Balance of Power | RealClearDefense https://assets.realclear.com/images/67/679489_6_.jpeg Trump’s Foreign Policy Abandons Ideology for the Balance of Power Twentieth century world politics saw the United States combine ideological abstractions with balance of power realities. President Woodrow Wilson sought to transform the geopolitical clash of the Grea www.realcleardefense.com Quote: "Trump appears to be channeling Richard Nixon, who during his presidency deemphasized ideology and prioritized the balance of power in conducting foreign policy. Nixon’s masterstroke was triangular diplomacy, which exploited the Sino-Soviet split to America’s geopolitical advantage. Henry Kissinger was right in the third volume of his magnificent memoirs, Years of Renewal, when he claimed that Nixon set the stage for Reagan’s victory in the Cold War. And Nixon did that by abandoning ideology in favor of the balance of power. Trump’s policy of negotiating an imperfect end to the Ukraine war and refusing to condemn Russia at the United Nations resembles Nixon’s negotiation of the imperfect end to the Vietnam War and his embrace of a de facto alliance with Communist China. Trump, like Nixon, is playing the long, crucial game of balance of power geopolitics instead of leaning on ideological abstractions like “democracy versus autocracy.” Nixon’s long game was designed to shift the balance of power against the Soviet empire. Trump’s long game is to shift the balance of power against Communist China. Trump, like Nixon, is following the geopolitical playbook of Walter Lippmann, the influential American journalist who understood, even in the age of ideology, the overriding importance of the balance of power to global peace and stability.

Israel: Exploit your successes before it's too late. Think of the blackmail of fanatical suicidal Mullahs with a nuke.

What about the planned large-scale maintenance operation (if I understand correctly) at Utaphao?