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King? You'll barely scrape by

@@albrinks4017what about for 1800usd per month?

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Ok but you need income to pay the cheap rent and food. How you gonna work? Unless you work online.

Nice, very reasonable monthly cost!

thanks for addressing the visa issue. this is a main one in my opinion having lived in Vietnam and Laos but having needed to do regular visa runs

Is this typical for Bangkok? I have about 1500/mo rental income I can rely on. I just worry about unexpected costs and what if you want to travel etc

@@ceeIoc Yes. You can find cheaper monthly rent: less than $200 per month. Other expenses are local transportation costs: $0.60 to $1.10 per subway ride. Travel to and from a nearby country every 2 months to renew your visa is another expense you may have to incur.

and dates? lol been to Thailand 3 times

I’ve never really considered it a "hassle" to pay utilities in Thailand, and lets face, unless you are only staying a few months you are always going to get a much nicer place at a better price by renting a condo long term. Back to utilities though, the guy was not getting ripped off on utilities simply because he was in an airbnb. In fact, its the same situation when renting a condo in Thailand. Unlike in the USA where everyone in a given city pays the same rate and even renters all pay directly to the utility company, in Thailand you are always paying the landlord and there are different utility rates for each building even within the same city. The first thing you want to check when renting any place in Thailand is what rate you will be paying for electricity and water. I only pay 5 baht per kilowatt hour at my big and very nice condo here in Phuket but my girlfriend pays double that amount at her small apartment in Buriram where she goes to school. So her utilities end up costing about half of what her monthly rent is. You always have to check this before you sign the contract for a condo or apartment rental.

I'm considering this. I travel a lot in the USA and have about 500,000 Marriot points. I wonder would it be worth it to burn them in Thailand, or maybe Spain or Portugal.

​@@eQuariuzthat's a no brainer, Thailand for sure!! 🥳 Been living here a while now, been to both Spain and Portugal, nothing really compares, while thise places are nice and all, Thailand is just on a whole different level, that have mañana pinned by heart, here it's sabai sabai 😂 no stress, no worries, just enjoy life and smile 😊

@@SLOBeachboy Great advice !

@@isanBen How are you able to live there for so long? I want to stay there for about 6 months, but reading only line, a tourist visa only allows for 60 days, with the option to extend another 30 days. How can one stay for a longer duration?

What's the best way to hire an experienced expat travel agent type, or trusty free lancer to set up a 3 month trip to Thailand, with possible multiple extensions? Also, who to stay away from in the travel business. Not looking for sexpat and endless party drinking, I did all that 30 years ago in Thailand. Looking for healthy, peaceful relaxation and as a recluse, maybe make a friend or two. Anybody?

Richie Rich or BMT on KZfaq can point you in the right direction

Your absolutely 💯

What's the best way to avoid ladyboys

This is very true.

Where are good places to meet such girls?

@@rhh176market, grocery store, regular shops, etc 😊

@@rhh176 - Over the years in Thailand I have dated mostly students, office ladies, departments store girls, hotel staff, beauticians, etc., and I have found it to be very easy to meet them just in the course of going about my normal day. I have also met some of my ex-gfs online however, including my current girlfriend who is a student. Of course this is not as easy as it used to be as prostitutes have pretty much taken over most the popular Thai dating sites (apps) like Thaifriendly. And the worst part is that 95% of the freelancers who put up profiles on these sites will give no indication in their profile that they are actually there to find customers, so you have to waste your time contacting them first to find out. The bottom line is you will have to spend hundreds of hours on these sites weeding out undesirables like prostitutes, scammers, or ladyboys pretending to be real women before you finally find a few women that you might actually want to meet in person for a date.

​@@rhh176Thats simple: Bar Girl is a Title. Freelancer is a Title. Pro is a Title. Avoid those places where the Title Bearers make a living. Go be a regular guy. Do regular people stuff in regular people places.

Thanks!

@@theisaiahashleyshow4251 you date bar girls. i crossed paths with thai pharmacist. she say if you patt, she know what you did so don't contact her. its all good.

@@hhh1200 Ha?

@@theisaiahashleyshow4251 im under 50 and i wanna move to thailand buy a condo and settle there what VISA is best for me? im not rich enough to get an ELITE visa, can you buy property and live there on a 90 day tourist visa and just leave for a day and come back every 90 days? whats a better option how did you do it? and i dont wanna work in thailand either, id like to invest in thai stocks and live off the dividends

​@@petejames1326Farang can't buy land. Just rent, visa will be a different matter...

me too but in 5 years.

Lots of discussions lately about visas

Man i'm 38 also , I wish I did military instead of 20 years for a civilian BS job .. go move champ 🏆

Thinking of Guam at anderson afb they say it’s a mix of Asians plus still part of us but island life

don't assume the bar girls are wife material !!! they are programmed to syphon off your bank account. they are only in love with you as long as you pay their bills !!!!

Very nice and precise information there, you opened up an addictive country, it's hard to shake this place once you've been here and experienced the real Thailand and not just those pesky travel vlogs 😅 I for one, will have a very tough time if I ever have to leave, this has quickly become my home in both heart and soul, sure things are very different from what I'm used to back in Scandinavia, but honest to God, I never really enjoyed life there, fell in love with an amazing woman who is the best of everything in my life, blessed to have the opportunity to come here and feel so welcomed by everyone I've met 🥰🙏

try global driving license and buy 1 motorbike you'll live in Thailand more easy haha

@@noobking4696 Do you mean an International Driving License? You can only get those with a proper British/US etc license or a 5 year Thai driving license. I never needed to drive a car in London so I never got one. I now have a Thai driving license.

wow great response!! I also am going to rent a motorbike next week at DMC rentals. I drove a 200cc in Hong Kong for 8 years and the freedom you obtain with a motorbike is without equal. I'd like to hear more in depth info about visa options if you don't want to work a measly job

@@gregandsonia I went the Education visa route with Pro Language School, they have offices in Bangkok, Pattaya and Chiang Mai. But you still have to go to the Immigration office every 3 months as they don't seem to issue 6month or 1 year Education visas. And you have to do the 90 day immigrant declaration thing. Really annoying. Chiang Mai let me drive as I don't think I am crazy enough to drive in Bangkok traffic. I sometimes just drive around. There is always an interesting temple to come across or you go off the motorways and it looks rural.

Thanks!

Thats nice. I live in Chiang Mai too and they charge me 10 Baht per Unit. I not asked before i signed the contract. in Hot Season my bill is easily 100-120 Dollar

@@xiologyCNX89 Maybe get a solar generator if you have the balcony space.

@@wideopenthrottl no. We will just move when the rental contract finished

Is $1400/m passive income for my rent and food and transportation enough? Savings will be well

Could you love with 250kusd savings , and 4k USD a month passive income

​@@evandalismEnough. Includes everything, maybe health insurance too.

Good to hear!

That is brave. I'm inspired.

I appreciate that!

Basic things?! They have everything 5555 I'm sure you can buy a live buffalo if you ask, but get out ! Go eat some real food! Follow the Thai people, get away from main roads full of foreigners, eat the best of everything, ask local people where to eat, dang dude, 7 eleven, killing the local small stores you know 😱😁

So with all the farang deaths on Koh Tao over the years what is your opinion of what really is going on?

How was Phuket in terms of finding a good place?

@@TheKlopdokter It’s very affordable. You I’d recommend doing an airb&b for a week or so and then scoop out the land to see where you want to be and price places locally. Hotels are also super cheap there

Real talk . So sad. especially when it's your father

@@JohnGreen-ei5ng Oh no. sorry to hear

But for me, it will be different this time!

@@glorgauthat’s what they all say

Yup 👍 these guys say that stupid saying. Can’t take the bar out da bar girl . The bar girls say , can’t take the sucker out the suckers . It’s like , why do the guys go to Thailand to try and rescue a working girl . Why they can just rescue a working girl where they are from ? These guys are just horn ball desperate wanna be super man’s and have nothing else going on in their lives and blame freelance girls for ruining there live 😂 frickrn suckers that don’t have the patience to put in the effort for searching for a companion, just think my chump change money can buy a vulnerable girl , but the guy is the one who is vulnerable “” the sucker “”

And if one treats it like a normal life, they can easily get by on $2000 a month having a decent life style. When he says ones needs to over $2000 this is if you want to live as if you were on vacation. Hotel aside, I used to spend around 100€ (just a bit higher than $100) a day during my holidays from 2007 to 2011, but I was what some peope call a xxx-tourist and that meant I would spend this amount because I pay for girls to get freaky with me, or else I would never have spent this kind of money on any day during my vacation. And as a member of a few forums dedicated to mongering in Thailand, I can say than the average daily budget for a monger was around $100-150. People who spent more were pretty much put in the high roller or the "Two weeks millionaires" category. And these are people who were on holiday. Expats were usually more frugal on their spending I know, it's been over a decade. But I was back in Thailand last year after more than a decade. And I noticed that hotels, food and condo prices are pretty much the same as before. It's pretty much the price for girls company that have increased (exponentially in some places). But, in my opinion, the life of an ordinary man is not the one where one would pay 20 to 30 women to have bed fun each month, nor spend $100 on a night out 30 days a month (not even 20 days for that matter). This is a holiday lifestyle not a normal lifestyle. But let's say one spends $100 on average, every single time they get out and they get out 8-10 times a month. That's $800-1000 a month for fun times. That leaves $1000-$1200 a month for food and bills. Are you telling me one can't get a decent one bedroom flat and eat decently with that money? Are you serious? If so, I need you to do a break down of regular expenses. I spent 3 months from late october 2022 to late january 2023. I was renting a one bedroom condo at Olympus City Garden in central Pattaya. This building was only two years old, so it wasn't some cheap dusty condo, it was a very decent brand new condo and I was able to live on $1000 easily when it comes to accommodation bills and food. With $2000 a month, I would have felt like Rockefeller sha***ing bar girls left and right 😅 and you're telling me one needs more than $2000 to live well in Thailand??? Get out of here man! 😂

😂😂 yup just being honest

Where in the Philippines are you? I kind of travel around. It's getting expensive.

@@rusted5408 Puerto Princesa, Palawan

@@edwinholcombe2741 I see. That's one place I haven't been. I've been to Coron but not on your island.

@rusted5408 It is a medium-sized town that is not too much to hold the interest of tourists but is a good central point to El Nido, Port Barton, Underground River, Balabac. Etc. There are downsides here, but I have been here long enough to put in roots, a lot of friends, got a home I like, and feel I fit here. That's why I stay.

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yes this is what I have commented numerous times here on the main chat and to other good responses. When I lived in Laos and Vietnam that was the main issue for someone who has either online income or enough savings to live off of who doesn't need a physical job inside the country.

How do I do this please?

Is it better to do with Thai address and phone number. Thank you

Thanks!

How to meet regular girls? I hv used dating apps but mostly found gold diggers, ladyboys,bar girls.

Living the dream I'm moving to Thailand in January, don't know about Pattaya though I couldn't control myself 😂😂

oh ya? how's that going to go? You planning on teaching? You living off of a multi-million-dollar inheritance? You have a stable online business that'll never fail? Going to be the next big youtuber who works without a permit? Genuinely curious. There's a lot of places that seem like a better starting point in Asia than Pattaya.

@luxuryseaviewvillas6744 yeah day trading & its going well. I got everything figured out

@@RichyHH lol. What region are you moving to?

@@Arcane_98 anywhere , i have a old military friend who lives in phuket he trades full time , so i will stay there for abit and just go with the flow , with a mauy thai visa

This is about the worst advice. Civil Asset forfeiture happens all the time. Look into a Schwab account that reimburses you all ATM fees. Bring enough for a couple of days. Good to use ATM at open Bank Branch if you have card troubles.

Exactly! 🔥

Yup exactly 💯👌🏾