6 hours ago, impulse said:

Wow.

I could hear the sound of 10,000 foreign butts clenching. And I'm not even in Thailand until tomorrow...

Good Lord !

Some serious booty play must be happening around those nether regions to say the least .....

Good Lord !

Some serious booty play must be happening around those nether regions to say the least .....

More like a disturbance in The Force.

40 minutes ago, BusyB said:

I'm sure 'many ' of them knew it was dodgy. I've heard them talk - they thought they had it all stitched up.

As for those who were scammed. Surely the fact that you're being asked, cajoled even, into doing all this with your life's savings, by your darling wife and her lawyer should raise a vague question? I think I'd have wanted a second opinion. Preferably at a Land Office in a different province.

And as I've always said and lived by my whole life: there's no point in settling in another country if you don't learn the language. Knowledge is power and you will always be vulnerable otherwise.

Good point about learning the language.

If you don't, it's a sensory deprivation akin to being deaf and dumb.

You're clueless as to what's going on around you.

1 hour ago, VillageIdiot said:

Good point about learning the language.

If you don't, it's a sensory deprivation akin to being deaf and dumb.

You're clueless as to what's going on around you.

You also have no means of dealing with things effectively either. At best you have to rely on trusties.

55 minutes ago, BusyB said:

You also have no means of dealing with things effectively either. At best you have to rely on trusties.

Exactly.

The second good piece of advice for newbies is that if you get married here, make sure she is a decent girl from a good class of people - not some tart you picked up in a bar.

A good wife is a godsend anywhere, but especially in a country like Thailand.

They can be trusted to front for you in all kinds of ways, large and small.

And in other news, 100K + pensioners that bought land with nominees A$$holes puckered suddenly after reading the article and sucked the oxygen out of several popular retirement cities in Thailand.

17 hours ago, BusyB said:

Strikes me they mean business big time this time.

In the past they'd just whack someone who'd caused a stir, like that Bandido further up. Then it all went quiet again.

I'd be very worried if I had a nominee setup right now. There's so much more cash and land involved for the government to get its hands on this time round.

Koh Phangnan seems a particular target. So many stories like this there over the last 3 months. The place must have just been taken over by farang (aided by Thais of course) and then somebody said enough is enough.

On 5/14/2026 at 10:11 AM, Yumthai said:

Then, for instance, who's gonna buy all these multiple millions baht condo units in BKK. Thais (who can afford) alone would not fill the offer.

It could be indeed over-developed, but construction business generates a lot of income over several years for many local people directly and indirectly involved into long term building projects.

That's short-sighted income, greedy project developers don't care about the long-term, build now, full pace, foreigners wil buy and eventually it becomes a mess for everyone.

The economic growth of only 1.6% in Thailand this year is because of the saturated property market and dependency on tourism, they forgot to develop their own industrial identity. The 4.0 corridor is still just screw driver factories. Where is 'made in Thailand' ?