Yes, it’s quite the Catch-22. I want to star visa services in Shanghai today.  they said I have to go to Laos.  then go to the visa service there they would get me a type O  three month visa. Then I could come back here and get a checking account. They would help me get the checking
account.  it’s expensive in Thai money not so bad in US money. For everything not counting the plane flight  and hotels with everything I think it’s gonna cost me about $4000.
watch the YouTube videos. When you’re a foreigner, the price on the condo automatically goes up a lot. So you lose money right off the bat and then you never know about the condo association.