@Brook *******

right, but as you said you are in Chiang Mai.

@Mark *********

I specifically talk about not using Wise. People use Wise because it is cheaper and it is fast because they use local transfers. Brandon loves a smugly redirect people (although in fairness he is also overall quite helpful) and in true form is providing information that is orthogonal to the actual situation.

@Charles *******

that is a fun line "got all the t shirts" well done

@Cris *****

oh hey thanks, I wrote it here. You just swapping houses or changing areas? We actually moved during the initial application last year, I recall changing paperwork and then it being a hassle because we didn't know the neighbors for the home visit... But everyone was fairly accommodating. I have heard horror stories about people asking for bribes on the visit and living far from the office is bound to complicate everything. We served our guy coffee and tried to make him feel like a guest and not an official and it seemed to work well.

@Brook *******

good call on overlapping dates. I won't keep enough money in it to care about the interest. I'll just receive it and then transfer it to my "working account" where I rack up 100+ transactions a month.

I haven't had good luck with agents here sadly. There isn't enough of a customer base for there to be a thriving agent industry. It's just the couple of random people that picked that hustle. The couple times I've used them to was next to useless and... I want to say very expensive, but nothing is EXPENSIVE... Enough to irritate me. Anyway, good input.

@Les *******

choc di brother

@Cris *****

I remember you posting about it. We might have even traded some comments- adding the burden if being far from the office is a huge pain in the ass I agree

Out of curiosity what county are you from Cris?

@Brandon ***********

yeah, I'd definitely rather work with someone directly. I'll see if I can find a group, but my Google fu is very weak. Probably wind up with my wife posting in some Thai groups. I'm also shocked I didn't get 10 people bragging about the person they use. Oh well, thanks for the input.

@Paul ******

swell, but without being tied to an anecdote it's only interesting in that it isn't 20 or 22. Live-in work runs a different spectrum as it comes with food/room/electric too.