@John-Paul *****

Because the fees are high for such a transaction

@John-Paul *****

800,000, not 80

@Arnold ****

I tell them I can’t afford to pay that much deposit, but I get the pension and that covers the rent and utilities,

I tell them I just want to pay month to month , I have never found it to be a problem, if you deal with the owner or manager, real estates and brokers won’t do it, they say the usual thing , it’s our policy sir, I hate that, I guess they take you on

face value

@John-Paul *****

Your talking small amounts, everyone knows that, he is moving a large amount

@Christina ***

Sorry but that’s never been the case for me, you roll up to a place they are looking to rent and you can talk about that, never airb&b or anything like that

In the western world, 100% but here not a chance, this is why in my 11 years here , I have never paid more than month to month rent, when the going gets tough the tough get going , lol

@John **********

Yeah

There are so many options, but not knowing why you need so much cash in a foreign country is hard to give my opinion.

I have moved a lot of money by opening an account with a bank that is big in both countries, I opened an account with, HSBC, this bank has no fees

I have tried everything and outside opening a Thai account and sending it electronically, there is no better or safer way other than Western Union. If you can, transfer it to Thai bank account or an account outside Thailand that she has access to

Yes thats what I learned, the 45 day or 30 day visa exempt has been conflicting but generally, the rest is what I understand to be correct