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Yeah I have really been tossing this scenario around a lot lately. While the rent income would be nice... these days you need to factor in as you say possibly a management company fee, then the increased property taxes since it is no longer your primary residence but a rental. This in our case can be 10x as much property taxes per year compared to what we pay now. Which would basically kill 2 months rental income. Lastly the increased homeowner insurance because it goes up as landlord insurance vs primary homeowner insurance. As you say could sell & invest. I have looked into the US Treasury Notes for a term of 2, 3, 5, 7, or 10 years. Safe & at the end of the day at current 4.25% rates the interest on home sale would not be much different than rental income after expenses + zero headache. Of course there is no guarantee for rates in the future but you can lock in 10 years worth on the notes

Perhaps you should write your congressman or senator ? Oh wait you don't have one as you don't live in the USA nor have you lived there in decades right? Yet you want to decide how the cake that you need not eat is baked right? You want to decide what the families of the murdered victims should be happy/protected with right? Lastly about your protected by life imprisonment comment...how about you put your money where you situational ethics are & donate your SS to help pay for the life incarcerations of these murderers? Yeah didn't think so.....next

They go even further now with things like this app someone developed to track politicians stock trades. https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/politician/Nancy Pelosi-P000197

You know it is funny but so many actually believe this. 😉

Mainly the safety nets given to you as a Aus citizen If you were really injured in Australia you would be treated at any ER In Thailand you will need to show how you will pay BEFORE any real operations are done. They will stabilize you at a govt hospital while you arrange your Go Fund Me & deteriorate There are many SHTF scenarios where you would survive in your home country & not elsewhere I am not saying you can't go live anywhere on your 900AUD/20k baht per month I am just saying reality can bite. It hurts a bit less where you have citizenship because they usually do take care of their own

It is funny...They will only let us cycle up Doi Inthanon but if we cycle down it is a 1000 baht fine...They want us to get in one of these vans or the red trucks instead as it is safer??? They should tell the silver van drivers THEY have to walk down or catch a red truck & let a tow truck take their vans down 🤣

Meanwhile back on planet earth..... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, where they held a "very productive meeting."

Spoken by a lefty that is either deaf dumb & blind or has not lived in the USA for at least 4 years

Greatness never strays very far and we the people are grateful 😉 But we are especially happy to hear the usual suspects gnashing of teeth 🤣

101% correct & all my children know that as they were taught that. Meaning don't do the crime if you can't do the time Actions have consequences ...Your actions your consequences What kind of father does Joe look like now?

Probably true for many We live in both places but while in the US we do not have TV & live on a mountain in the country so politics don't really matter nor affect us. Of course we inevitably see things on internet but that is true in both spots.

One has to wonder during these times right? I mean all else aside is this worth it?

We will see when the current govt that got them prices so high gets the heck out

😅 555 😅 Have you never looked at all at what happened these last 4 years?

Lost their minds for many many years now. This topic just another example of the sky is falling mentality fear mongering they love 😉 Remember when Trump won against Hillary? They were melting down the streets torching cars & crying at the same time.

I have always thought it was their way of knowing you at least had access to money when needed. Since ( as of now) they still do not require health insurance it is not a bad idea for them to require a deposit. The only surprising thing actually is as other have said you only need to have it deposited for a couple of months. I have long since thought that someday health insurance will be required & since many do not qualify due to preexisting, age, etc etc That they may one day require those without insurance to leave that deposit in place year round as a backup should emergency medical be required. Would at least cut down on the " Go Fund Me" insurance policies

Yes! Make America Great Again is working already even before the Inauguration!🙏

Name them? Biden? As soon as he took office in 2020 he bombed Syria without out any congressional approval & many times since. How close were we to WWIII with Biden & Harris? Closer than ever before evidenced by the Doomsday Clock "On January 24, 2023, the Clock was moved to 90 seconds (1 minute, 30 seconds) before midnight, the closest it has ever been set to midnight since its inception in 1947." So yeah much more peaceful under Trump as he was actually capable of a prompter free discussion with other world leaders.

Of course to your left blinkered view it is. But instead of "getting rid of people with the most knowledge and experience" aka: what has already gone wrong with America as everyone watched in these last few years of BS witch hunts........ Instead ...He is "getting rid of people with the most knowledge and experience in corruption & misuse of justice" What could go right...everything

Oh come on...Have you lived in the USA during the last 4 year s*!t show? Or did you live the previous 4 years 2016-2020 of no problems no wars peaceful prosperous USA? Now you say it will be unrecognizable 555.... Puleeze Kamala promised to keep sending billion in weapons to Ukraine for as long as it takes...who do you think that would benefit? Who do you think would pay that bill? The list of why Trump won is long & valid....The list of why Harris lost is longer & also valid America chose & so did you long ago when you became an X- patriot Don't cry about a cake being baked that you never had to eat...The citizens of the USA could not choke down anymore of the past 4 year crap cake thanks.

Actually he was replying to me & I have never been to Georgia 😉 I live in Northern Thailand at the moment ....Perhaps you think he is replying to someone else?

Check this video from the 3 min mark I always thought this is the way it would go too. It will likely be tied to visa renewals & it will be on you to prove why your incoming monies for past year are not taxable Many always said no way would Thailand be able to check it all & I always thought they won't have to we will 😉

Voter fraud is going to be rampant in California ...but we knew that But also the swing states may be swung by guess who That California would even pass a law forbidding voter ID as all is pure voter fraud

No instead look at the law of don't bite the hand that feeds your illegal butts Then you see 100% Dem votes