johnnyk Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 BOI likes to see 40 million baht, AFAIK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganggalee Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 As the proprietor of a bungalow resort on Koh Samui for the last 7 years I can only offer this advice. Start a Thai registered company with you & your wife as directors. Lease an existing (preferably delapidated) resort, making sure the most important thing is right - location. I agree with a previous post, in that the right place will jump out at you when you see it. Do not go down the road of key money & a monthly rent, do a deal & pay the whole lot up front trying to secure the longest lease possible and have a renew option in the contract at a fixed price. Build the resort up as you want it, even if it takes a few years, knowing that your lease is long enough to easily give you the return you want. Buy a small piece of land in the locallity, big enough for a family house, in one of your childrens' names that you know will always be your family's no matter what happens with the business. Above all get a reputable lawyer who is not a local (say from Bangkok) to handle everything for you. This is what I did & I'm still here & reasonably successful. PS for cynthialee, I worked in the construction industry before I set up my business here & had absoloutely no experience in the hospitality business at all , and as I said, I am reasonably successful and as yet have not been robbed blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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