Geert Brouckmeersch Giving sound advice from 25 yrs experience in the field is also not apreciated. I'm sure the Island beachcumbers know it all already.
Robert Connell If you look again you will see that I never (and never will) use the word 'decent' and lawyer in one sentence. Except for picking their brains for research purposes or in litigation, they are absolutely useless and bottomless money pits. In Thailand they're also extremely lazy and slow, they outsource most of their work like accountancy which they tend to sell at a triple rate. Been in business here with 2 companies for over 11 yrs. bought and sold real-estate ... never used one and never needed one lawyer for nothing! But you do need a good accountant. Hire that one direct and skip the (lawyer) middleman.
Realtors, however,... there are (very few) good ones. But hard to find.