@Jacob *******

my original plan was to move to Brazil, but visas are really way too difficult. I had been studying Portuguese for a year and a half but I’m hoping I can find a good class or tutor to help me with Thai. I actually very much enjoy the challenge of learning a foreign language. I haven’t really challenged myself intellectually since College. I really do think it makes you feel much more part of the country and the culture

Jeff SchottI set up a Facebook account years ago never really used it, but I realize I need it living and a foreign country as it will be a huge help. I think you might want to invest in anger management lessons if you get triggered so easily for no reason yikes.!! anyways, you can keep commenting, but I’m going to ignore you too much bad energy from you

@Jacob *******

I am moving to Thailand before the end of the year. I don’t speak Thai, but I also, don’t need to work in Thailand . However, I think learning the language is really important and I will be getting a tutor once I arrive. I was going to move to Brazil and have been studying Portuguese for a couple years but everything there is much harder as far as getting Visa renting bank accounts. I found Thailand to be much more accommodating to foreigners.

I’m sure this has been said but I am 45 not 40 like your goal and I started investing a lot about 15 years ago. Save your money let it grow give us Perfect your investment strategies the safest more profitable for many decades now is index funds. I waited till now so I could have a very healthy budget. I’m not moving my life across the world to be confined to my condo.

@Paulo *********

this is no joke. I’m moving from the US but my yearly budget will be the same mainly because I want to be out doing things more whether it’s restaurants night markets island hopping scuba diving, private lessons to learn Thai.

@Brandon ***********

moving to Thailand before the end of the year on a DTV the Visa agency I’m using to process my visa also helps with other things such as bank accounts. It was a huge reason why I picked Thailand there a lot of affordable help for expats

@Nichole *******

thank you yes just working out the airlines to bring my two 13 year old bengals , I think I have that almost solved

@Robert *******

there are some gyms that are doing Muay Thai classes for the DTV but not where I will be as of right now so I’m going to be doing a cooking class instead at least to start out

@Joe *********

why would I wait till I’m 50? That’s five years away I can always make more money. There’s no way to get time back and we are never guaranteed so many years on this earth. That’s my motivation for doing this much earlier in life than most people .

Just an update to my post I have a Visa company that’s going to help me . It’s ฿50,000 which sounds like a lot, but they will submit everything for me and make sure it’s right before hand. They will submit the letter of acceptance for me and it also covers the cost of the class for the next six months and the cost of the visa of course Not sure if the letter will need to be renewed every six months or not I don’t have an answer for that. For some, this might sound like a lot, but I was planning on doing the elite visa for about 27,000 USD up until two months ago so this is still a much cheaper option for me