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you can buy a lot in Thailand with $2,500

Very good video. If you own property abroad, let it out. Received the rent money and that would be probably better than most pensions.

Try the non tourist cities Isan, such as Nakhon Ratchasima (3rd largest city by population) Khon Kaen, Udon Thani. Major urban centers with everything you'd need at a much lower price. The lack of tourists makes them so much more 'real Thailand'.

Don't forget to not be arrogant.

Fun stuff. Last time we were there, we stayed at Phrom Phran. The time before that up near Soi 55. Just places to stay while we did stuff. You Thai is great when ypu imitated that voice on the BTS. SATANI NANA. Mrecommendation to all Farangs to learning Thai is to become a mimic. The tones will sound better then. Otherwise it sounds odd to Khon Thai. It will be like saying , "I'll have a Cabernet Sovignon with no attempt to say it French like or order Tortilla chips and pronounce the l's. Great content.

Time to ipdate due to new income tax for new money coming inyo country and there are new more liberal visa regs because they want tourism back. All this since June 1st 2024

Chris Parker Am George Parker From USA but living in Philippines like come live in Thailand what both start a life there

I think 2k a month minimum

You also didn't factor in Thai taxes.

It's interesting trying to describe the gentleness and the kindness of the Thai culture because you can't really do it with words. it's beyond what I understood as normal courtesy and such. It's interesting to hear him try to put it into words too. 😅

I understand the concept of retiring and just do nothing...but i'm the kind of dude that would look for a part-time job like in delivery service or something. i cannot just spend my last 15-25 years just doing nothing. a part time job will integrate you in the culture, helps you with the budget and leave you enough time to travel.

I encourage everyone to check out the blog of "Mr. Money Mustache". He is all about the financial independence retire early crown. Reading this blog will change your life. Funny enough he is a fellow Canadian "has lived in USA though". His math for retiring early mirrors much of what this video says. Most of the money people spend in the west is completely wasted and does not make your happy. Living frugally not only helps you retire earlier because you save more. It also helps you retire earlier because this new lifestyle will not cost you as much after your retire. He drives used cars and made a statement one time "who is more happy, the guy driving his brand new 60K truck to work on Tuesday, or me waking up and being able to do whatever I want on Tuesday. Calculating your retirement has nothing to do with time, it is a calculated number. When you get to that number you can retire.

53 and this is my plan.

Very cool, my buddy in Madrid turned me on to you, we were teachers together back in '03-'07, he went to Madrid, I went also but left to go to Korea and teach then returned to Huahin in '10, then left for Mexico in '17 to be closer to family in SD. The paint wore off in Mex, now selling my house and going to return to HH ASAP, I'm now 71, have SS and the money from house with SS should be no prob. Really like how you presented topics here and will check out your others. Do you have and are willing to communicate by email or?? BTW, the pic is when I played with the Flying Farangs hockey club in Bkk from '04-'07. Hope to hear back from you. Rick Rezac

shiiiiii fuck all that... I can live in Dominican republic for way less and still be comfortable and dont have to worry about rain from april - November..

“Comparison is the thief of joy”

Great field trip , thanks ; do more

Thanks for the info

I'm 50 yr old dude who's living the 9-5 cubicle grind (more like 8-6), who's trying to find a place to live/semi-retire in SE Asia. I've been mulling between Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, the usual suspects, but your vids really helped! I'm tired of the night light life and just wanting to chill, so I'm leaning more to a city like Chiang Mai than Bangkok, but we'll see. I can speak English, my GF can speak Korean and Chinese. Hopefully that helps some with the language barrier. Hopefully I can make the big jump sooner than later!

Third world to me at very least means that if I drink water or eat at a restaurant I'm going to get sick in my intestines. I hear that's the case in Cambodia but I never had that in Thailand at all. I'm originally from Texas and that happens when we go to mexico.

How's kanchanaburi as a good destination? I'm 60. Need work. Moving in the next year. Mahalo from Hawaii 🤙

76?! I'm only 60 and the door opened today! 6 yrs since my first visit. I'll be moving there in the next year. Do you hear how sharp she is and how on top of it she is? Now get more details on my situation soon. maybe you can comment on it

So you offered to ask questions. How is that new extended visa thing coming along you said it was still taking shape. Thanks for bringing that up

I've been to Thailand three or four times and I'm just now starting preparations to move sometime this next 6 months or so, finally. And, I lost count of how many times he's taken the words right out of my mouth. I can tell he lives there. He is so spot on about everything he said and I'm almost at the end of the video at this point. truly. Good stuff sir. Don't feel bad sir I've started to learn Thai just kind of on my own and listen you guys there's like a whole completely different alphabet and 20 plus vowels depending on how you look at it and 40 + consonants. It's really different. But, he's correct you didn't need it in the anywhere near where there's tourists going on lots of tie speak enough and if there's other stranger nearby and you need help you can find that. And the Google Translate app is great now and even if the person you're talking to can't read you push the button and the phone speaks it and most of the time they understand that even when I had the volume turned down too low

You know. It's fine when not many foreigners move in my country. But now it's started to feel overwhelmed. I started to see the effects. Here in Thailand we grew up in Buddhist culture which difference from any country else in this world. It's impossible to say when some area in Thailand becomes popular with foreigners it won't change anything. People bring their way their culture from their country here around my house. I wish the atmosphere was the same. I hope Thailand is still the country that fully conservative not much foreigners move around. Thais increasingly concern about this not just me. I do not want to see huge amounts of foreigners change my town my district my province. Many Thais started too feel uncomfortable watching recommendations to move to Thailand etc., I will be honest here Thais now feel uncomfortable with foreigners move in but we always welcome tourists.

My wifes Soi 1, we have her condo there. Chris i know all of these areas your talking about, El Gaucho is near. Great video, cant wait to go back soon then eventually retire. Pretty sure im not waiting to 62.😅 Yeah the malls are graet cool movie theaters. Soho Pizza is decent in the neighborhood too., Thonglor is super cool area,. Ivr staid there fir a week. Thuen is a Vietnamese restaurant thats absolutely delicious.

I'm happy anywhere I go in Thailand, I want the food, and beach with the people and that's it.

Those who bitchz & moan: I'm sure they bitchzed & moaned where they came from. They left and moved to Thailand, bringing with them their toxic outlook on life. Well, here they are, in Thailand, bitchzing & moaning as usual. One's outlook in life is a choice one makes. Some choose to be happy, some not. Unfortunately, a down-er does a tendancy to bring down others around them.

Would I be correct in making the assumption that "because Thailand is a developing country and everything is new", that living in a condo/apartment in Bangkok, or any other major city, one could expect access to running water, electricity, and air conditioning 24/7, and that interruptions of service would be a rare occurrence, as in the probability of maybe once every ten years, or so? Just found RW4U, and I'm making my way around RW4U videos. I appreciate that these videos are quite informative. Thank you.

I used to live in my ex husbands quadruplix right behind Steven D Weiss in Rancho Park My ex still owns it !!

I have a 2400 pension plus a social security. ( it’s good ). Is SS considered separate from the pension?

An inspirational presentation for sure. Im enjoying your content and love your attitude. Enjoy your life, looks like your doing a good job at it.

VIdeo suggestion: Go back to some old Bangkok condo videos and compare what they were selling for then to what they sell for now. Call it "Buying vs renting a condo. Where has your nest egg gone?"

You said ask a question... First, I am planning to buy a Bangkok condo and live there year round, I won't be able to afford to go between two countries when I retire in two years. Also, paying rent will be like giving away what little wealth I will have accumulated. I regretfully spent too many years renting instead of owning and building some wealth. Do you know a solution to double taxation in this case? For those who argue that Bangkok condos are a bad investment... I just watched one of your videos from 2020 of a nice condo between the parks selling for $136k at the time. Similar condos in that building are now selling for $300k

Chris, thank you for all the videos. I am traveling to Thailand for the first time in 8 days. I wouldn't be making the trip if you hadn't made the video on the first hour at the airport.

Reality check --when you get very old you will realise they are not your people and never were, and you will need medical that is not at Thailand standard, and you will have to go back home, this will crush you for various reasons because you will feel like you have no home--where you grew up is who you are

Retirees who struggle to meet their basic needs are the ones who could not accumulate enough money during their active years to meet their needs. Retirement choices determine a lot of things. My parents both spent same number of years in the civil service, but my mom was investing through a wealth manager, and my dad through the 401k.

From experience, the best method to learn Thai is with "comprehensible input". The same way EVERY child learns their native language. There is a channel called "Comprehensible Thai", just watch the course in sequential order and you will reach near native fluency. No more translation in your head. No more bad pronunciation. No more bad grammar. No more relying on memorization of sentences etc. You should not even try to speak any Thai UNTIL you have listened to a few hundred hours.

Thanks for the amazing work that you are doing! Hadn't seen this channel before (I've been following your main channel for a year or two). My go-to resource on Thailand. Even though I've spent long time in Thailand - learning new things from your work.

Like now 😀

So many people have never left their country...and never will. But they know all about real estate all over the planet.

Great video. I believe a budget of 40,000 Thai baht would be bloody tight. The condo would have to be no more than 6 to 8000. We need to have a passive income in the West. Who wants to live like a pauper in Thailand retirement? I think this defeats the whole purpose.

I live in Hat Yai city in the south. We live there because we are muslims alhamdulilah. If you are not muslim, you are not really welcome.

<50,000 TBH per day, per month, per year????

Been telling my wife that we should work hard and retired in 10 years with a good passive income, this is our first year leaping into FIRE. Just came back from Thailand last year and was such an inspiration to work hard. We’re both 25 so hoping in 10 years or less one problem is my wife didn’t like Thailand as much as I did, but one problem at a time let stack the cash first.

My wife and i are looking to move to HuaHin and our son as well as my aunt and wondering if you could help us with an agent. I will try and email you

The guy with the connections gets the golden eggs of economic mobility!

If you are on even sois and close to Sirikit park and the bridge over to Lumpini, that wouldn't be too bad. But I will try Udom Suk. Although first up, I mean to explore Ari. Also lots of restaurants, hipster cocktail places and craft beer.

8 Bangkok neighbourhoods ? At the outset you say you're gong to ignore Ari etc. And concentrate on Sukhumvit .. That is BS and you know it. There's much more to BKK than Sukhumvit... Were you lazy and/or biased? Trust me , places like Ari etc are a lot more preferable than the Sukhumvit expat strip. Disappointing reporting.

Iglu seems like an interesting company, but the salary range is not even a quarter of a regular western IT salary. It makes more sense to work 3 months a year even as a freelancer remotely for a western customer than sign up for a fulltime job that way. I guess it is fine for someone who is not focused on salary.