Hello, I got a few questions, and hope kind soul can assist:

1. The DTV dont allows people to have a Thai Bank account. So how do you guys pay rent year by year (assume you plan to stay 5 year). I couldn't possible hold Cash and use Cash all the time right? I don't plan to search for banks to open one and end up getting the funds locked and account closed eventually

2. What type of international banking platforms do you guys use for banking with minimal costs and fees?

3. For property rentals, in my Home Country there are property agents from proper property companies to assist in signing tenant contract agreement, but I am not sure in Thailand. There are home owners trying to market their own property, or even middle man who are not licensed property agent, can we trust them?

Since we can’t open bank accounts with DTV, how do we pay rent fee if we rent condo ?

Without a Thai bank account, I'm curious how are people paying rent and utilities?

I've done a one-month rental before paying up front in cash and they deducted utilities when giving the deposit back.

For a year lease, what do you do to send money to the landlord as well as the utilities? I plan on getting a year lease in Chiang Mai for several years and leaving during the burning season. I suppose I could pay up front for 2 months before leaving the country, but what about utilities?