@Tyler ******

just an FYI, I speak from experience not just something I read.

As a foreign you cannot outright buy any land, if you have a thai company (51 per cent thai) and you hold the directorship to control the company.

You can purchase a home outright and leasehold the land.

In Thai you cannot separate a house from the land, so once it's built and you have a leasehold for 30 years. It is a relatively safe situation.

As for let's say a Condo, If the foreign ownership quota is available you can purchase "foreign freehold " or again thai company to get around that quota.

All things like this are risky for a farang, we do not have any real protections there.

Sim card in the phone or a pocket wifi with a data sim. We use one and share it.

We got a one day overstay last trip right before covid, flight got changed, 500 baht each.

@Benjamin *****

not sure what defacto is, but she is my legal Canadian wife.

@David ********

I've been getting quoted 8000b plus per month.

@Geoff *******

thanks good info I'm gonna be 55 by the time we can get there hopefully next year, covid dependent. I'm seeing it is more expensive than I had been led to believe.

@Geoff *******

would be an o-a , I believe.

I used a Thai consultant, on a 30 day tourist visa, had to have a thai cell phone and some other docs. Probably cost me 3000baht but had it all done in one day. Just last Feb.

At Krungsri, at Central.

Stuck in Canada!