I think you need to just live here and understand the Thai culture before you want to do business here. I have seen too much in the last 18 months to know that this is not a place for us to open a business for profit. Again, a business for profit.
Listen, 300k doesn't even get you a work permit. That's spending for some of us in Bkk. Just take that money and put it in an index fund or US treasury.
I thought rule number one is to make sure it is a real girl. Rule #2 is the 3 day rule. Rule #3 is not to buy a condo. For some reason, these farangs break them all the time.