Courtyard by Marriott - @ Lumpini Park - 55K (52K if a member of the Marriott Club - save $100) -[based on a friend's experience in January - but no golf course... and no balcony[
It is the LAw - 400,000 for a marriage extension & 800,000 for a retirement extension - been the same since I arrives 13 years ago - what has changed is the rules for how long that money must remain in that account in-tact!
Contact the Thai Embassy in WDC... lots to do...and expensive... but doable. Better to wait - as advised above. (Maybe pick an 'OPEN'country in Central or South America or the Caribbean...