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So, for Christmas of 2022, me and a few friends celebrated in Thailand, on 1 night out, heading back from the club ROUTE 66 there where some checkpoint, but the police only pulled over car with tourist, and literally search us for Cocaine. LOL at first I thought it was because I didn't have a seat belt on, but they asked us to empty our pocket and them flip though our wallet and that when it clicked there looking for drugs.
As anyone else experienced this.
[QUOTE=MrJoker123;2837221]So, for Christmas of 2022, me and a few friends celebrated in Thailand, on 1 night out, heading back from the club ROUTE 66 there where some checkpoint, but the police only pulled over car with tourist, and literally search us for Cocaine. LOL at first I thought it was because I didn't have a seat belt on, but they asked us to empty our pocket and them flip though our wallet and that when it clicked there looking for drugs.
As anyone else experienced this.[/QUOTE]Yes, pre-pandemic same thing happened to me and the group I was with in Bangkok. In a taxi returning to the hotel from dinner and we turned a corner and the police have a blockade setup and are pulling over cars with foreigners in it. They do a complete search of us and one person in our group had a very small plastic bag with some residue in it so we were all taken to the police station and extorted. Not a fun night.
I know some of the condos in thailand can only be sold to thais and not foreigners. Is it the same for condo rentals? Are some condos reserved to only be rented to thais? Thanks.
[QUOTE=Issaquah;2837276]Yes, pre-pandemic same thing happened to me and the group I was with in Bangkok. In a taxi returning to the hotel from dinner and we turned a corner and the police have a blockade setup and are pulling over cars with foreigners in it. They do a complete search of us and one person in our group had a very small plastic bag with some residue in it so we were all taken to the police station and extorted. Not a fun night.[/QUOTE]Could get nasty even if they don't find any illegal drug but find a vaping pen.
[QUOTE=Horatio;2837399]Is it the same for condo rentals? Are some condos reserved to only be rented to thais? [/QUOTE]Farang can rent a Thai owned condo or house. We just can't own them.
[QUOTE=Horatio;2837399]I know some of the condos in thailand can only be sold to thais and not foreigners. Is it the same for condo rentals? Are some condos reserved to only be rented to thais? Thanks.[/QUOTE]A condo building may sell up to 49% of its condos to foreigners. Once that quota is met, the remainder of the units can only be sold to Thais.
Which is why they are half empty.
I'm going back to Thailand in 2 months. I would like to try another country on the way there. Which country would you recommend I fly to for a few days to visit on the way there? I was thinking Germany or the Phillipines. I don't want to spend a lot of money adding this trip, maybe $1000 to $1500 usd and just staying 2 or 3 days. I would like it to be some country where our hobby is easy and straight forward. Are my thoughts on money reasonable? Thank you for any advice. I will be flying from USA.
Only wage slaves and government employees calculating inflation numbers exclude the highest cost items in order to arrive at a number they like. Businessmen (like me) know that you must take into account all of your expenses when calculating your costs.
The cost of air travel, hotel, food and incidentals are all part of the cost of your trip. You then add the cost of the girls. Take the number of nuts you busted and divide it into your total and you get your CPO (Cost Per Orgasm). That is an objective number can use to measure the true cost of busting your nut each time you shoot it off. And you can compare this number across any country you chose to visit.
I'm renting a condo in a building I quite like just across the river (Thon Buri side), and was thinking of maybe buying a unit. Decided against it, as I'm done with Bangkok. But that's another story. Anyway I checked out the "penthouse" units. There are eight of them. Four on the river side, in other words nice view, and four looking over the grimy suburbs of the city. Only four of the eight were up for sale. All four had the same view. No doubt you can guess which. I haven't checked with Juristic, but judging from other signs (parking, lights on in the evening, uncollected mail / notices, etc.), I make the building to be about 55% occupied.
[QUOTE=Explorer8939;2837452]A condo building may sell up to 49% of its condos to foreigners. Once that quota is met, the remainder of the units can only be sold to Thais.
Which is why they are half empty.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Explorer8939;2837452]A condo building may sell up to 49% of its condos to foreigners. Once that quota is met, the remainder of the units can only be sold to Thais.
Which is why they are half empty.[/QUOTE]The Thais rent to foreigners. I've never rented a condo that was not Thai owned.
[QUOTE=Horatio;2842324]Where else to monger for not a lot of money[/QUOTE]
Jakarta and Phnom Penh if you prefer bars. Vietnam if you don't mind online shopping.
[QUOTE=Horatio;2842324]I'm going back to Thailand in 2 months. I would like to try another country on the way there. Which country would you recommend I fly to for a few days to visit on the way there? I was thinking Germany or the Phillipines. I don't want to spend a lot of money adding this trip, maybe $1000 to $1500 usd and just staying 2 or 3 days. I would like it to be some country where our hobby is easy and straight forward. Are my thoughts on money reasonable? Thank you for any advice. I will be flying from USA.[/QUOTE]Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Medellin, Cartagena.
[QUOTE=TherminMermin;2842480]Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Medellin, Cartagena.[/QUOTE]All are out of the way to Thailand.
[QUOTE=Explorer8939;2837452]A condo building may sell up to 49% of its condos to foreigners. Once that quota is met, the remainder of the units can only be sold to Thais.
Which is why they are half empty.[/QUOTE]Buying a unit in a building that is only half sold would be kind of worrying to me. I wonder if there are ways to find out how many units in a particular building are sold versus not sold. Somebody told me that for the most part Thai folks are only interested in the brand new buildings making older buildings a bit more of a risk I guess. I wonder if smaller well kept complexes are a better bet than the really huge complexes.
[QUOTE=TooDirty;2842604]Buying a unit in a building that is only half sold would be kind of worrying to me. I wonder if there are ways to find out how many units in a particular building are sold versus not sold. Somebody told me that for the most part Thai folks are only interested in the brand new buildings making older buildings a bit more of a risk I guess. I wonder if smaller well kept complexes are a better bet than the really huge complexes.[/QUOTE]You misunderstood me.
A condo building may sell 100% of its units, but cannot sell more than 49% to foreigners.
So the 49% law has nothing to do with how many units have been sold, if you are wondering about how full the building is.
But, if you worry about occupancy, consider that a condo may be sold, but not occupied.
My personal opinion is that few Thais buy condos, I think that the condi owners create dummy Thai companies to take title of 50% of the units, which is why most condo buildings are half empty.
That's really cool man (literally)! LOL!
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