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Please recommend some Pattaya condominium
Interesting take. I never owned a house in America because I lived in an expensive area--northern Virginia near DC--and I could only afford a series of 1 bedroom condos, bought one by one, after renting for a number of years. Thank goodness I finally bought the first condo. Loved my job but my salary was very low and the only monthly chunk of money I had to use for investment was the rent money--which I was giving to the landlord each month. This was some years before I met my spouse. Finally decided to invest in myself, instead, and the condos I bought and fixed up, while living in them, helped a lot to supplement my income--and it was so much nicer living in a space I owned and could do whatever I wanted to with. So, no houses, just condos in the US, but I felt comfortable and at home in all of them, although there was always the monthly mortgage payment nagging at me. I'm actually more comfortable with the condo we still own here, in foreign quota, as it's fully paid for with no mortgage hanging over our heads. In America, my condos were mostly owned by the bank, as I never lived in any long enough to pay off the mortgage. But, mortgage or not, every property felt, and still feels, more like home to me when there's no landlord. I don't quite understand your condo comment as I view condos as a collective ownership of the condo project by all the individual condo owners. So, it's never felt like 'someone else's building' to me, here or in the US. And, I have the same condo rights as a Thai owner, with the same set of by-laws, same condo maintenance fees, same use of facilities, etc. The condo here is in my name, the house is in my spouse's name. The current house we just bought is actually valued less than the Bangkok condo so if we were keeping score, which we are not, perhaps I would be a bit ahead. It doesn't work like that, though. We're secure with our relationship of over 30 years and I have no problem with the land being in my spouse's name; the home is still ours to share and call home. I realize that everyone's situation is different, and the differences guide actions. What works for us may not work for others. -
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Is the tax for incoming transfers in effect as of today,Yes or no?
Actually it was. Funds remitted during the year of earning have always been assessable. The weren't if remitted years posterior to the year of earning. Therefore it was wise to keep a buffer of one year earnings in your overseas bank account. All the pensions paid into Thai bank account have been assessable. There might be some tax to collect there. -
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Report Thailand Tightens Cannabis Laws, Dispensaries Must Transform
They won't need a doctor just a forged "prescription" business as usual -
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How much would a solar system cost (ball-park estimate) for a modestly sized home?
Ours is too. We rewired the house about 6 years ago. Put insulation into the roofs, we have external sunscreen blocking the sun from hitting the south facing walls. I renovated an existing home so the insulated block would have been a grand idea had I built new. Replaced all the windows with high quality double glass sliding windows and we keep the two kitchens (Yep! we have two kitchens, main kitchen and dining areas with another sink. Wife likes to cook, so do I for that matter) separated from the main house using sliding glass doors which traps any kitchen heat. The house much cooler during the Hot Season and warmer during the Cool Season (it gets downright cold here in January at which time I'll run a free standing heater in the bedroom/study). -
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Abdominal CT scan price
And 47 baht each way on the BTS to Chula. But no point turning this into a competition for best deal (silly post from it is what it is). The upper abdomen segment of my scans was I think 7700 not including contrast etc. Chula is a government hospital but not cheap anymore so everyone tells me. The good news from my scans was that the tumour/mass is gone, kidneys, liver, pancreas, spleen are all normal size. The bad is that I have a hiatal hernia which I did not know about and as nobody has mentioned it (I read it in the printout) I take it I can live with it for the moment at least.
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