I live in the north and at a relatively low socio economic level. Most of the stuff in my world is run by the seat of the pants- which I am perfectly happy with. There are times when things chaff, but you sort it out. What bothers me here is I had brought up some ideas about something, I forget what, and said "maybe we could have a lawyer think of a good way to do it' and the guy said "whoa lawyers? We are very informal here and don't use them" and then came with a very one sided western style lease- only in Thai. Just puts a very sour taste in my mouth. On the other hand we bonded with the owner quite well, but the agent is a cousin so no chance of firing him.
the agent in question (although frankly most of them are) is pretty gross. I think this is a generic western lease he got off the internet. The whole thing has been a hot mess, but after having two places get rented out from under us I wanted to get it locked in