Few years back, there was a craze in buying Thailand properties. From properties in Bangkok to Chiang Mai to Phuket, many Asian investors invested in those properties. Property agents were all out trying to sell as many as they could, singing the praises and the potential profits of these properties.
Disclaimer: This article does not recommend for or against buying properties in Thailand, but simply neutrally and objectively analyse what may be the potential benefits or pitfalls for buying one, as well as the reasons for doing so.
The Situation Then
The reasons for buying Thailand properties were:
- Cheaper compared to other countries if we compared ‘apple to apple’. Bangkok’s condominums of the same class level were cheaper than Beijing’s or Singapore’s.
- The One Belt One Road meant that Thailand is connected to a wider trade network and will benefit from it.
- Thailand’s population is still young and there is a net inflow of young people into Bangkok every year.
- For those not buying in Bangkok, the tourism aspect can easily boost AirBnB income in places like Chiang Mai or Phuket.
However, upon buying, people realise the few horror aspects:
- There is an oversupply of properties aimed at foreigners in Thailand. It will be hard to sell.
- Rental income is only stable in Bangkok. Those dependent on tourism see a big hit on top of the seasonality. Even then, rental yield is not really ideal, probably at about 4% per year.
- Thais are generally more chill. If your property runs into certain maintenance issues that falls under their purview, good luck to you. Sometimes you got to pander to them by giving them gifts and talk nicely to them, after which they will reluctantly help you after you have sufficiently satisfied their ego.
The above is a summary on the reasons back then for buying, and the experiences of different investors after putting in the money. Now, even after knowing the hype and the actual reality, there are still people buying Thailand properties. Why? We objectively look at some potential reasons.
For Children’s Education
In many Asian countries such as Singapore, China, South Korea and Japan, education is very competitive. Students would pour in hours of effort into their studies and parents would put in huge amount of resources such as hiring private tutors or signing their children up for after-school tuition classes, all to raise the students’ academic achievements to another level.
The problem is, probability wise, everything follows the normal distribution curve. There will only be a small percentage who succeeds, with the majority being in the average segment, even if their average capabaility is far higher than their Western counterparts. Not only that, the majority of these students are educated in local government schools. To put it bluntly, almost everyone knows that local government schools train elite slaves who can only operate within the boundaries set by the system, but international schools groom the next generation of leaders and pioneers.
Yet, quite a few countries have explicit rules that prohibits locals from enrolingย into international schools, for obvious reasons. Furthermore, international school fees are expensive.
Hence, slightly better-off parents have an idea. To enrol their children into an international school in a cheaper foreign country, such as Thailand. In the end, the educational cost of studying in an international school in Thailand may be about the same or just slightly more expensive compared to the parent putting in all the resources into private tuition or whatnot in their own country. The difference now is that the child studies in an international environment, networking with friends from different nationalities, taking part in an internationally recognised examination such as the IGCSE and from there on, has a higher probability of going to universities all over the world.
By changing the playing field of the child, the parent raises the probability of the child succeeding. And since they are going to stay in Thailand for a few years, why not just buy a house? Paying for their own mortgage is far better than paying rental.
Business In Singapore
There are businesses which are legal in certain countries but not in others. For example, it is legal to sell guns in the US but you would probably get a death sentence if you do so in Singapore. Singapore is a financial hub, and there are many finance-related businesses which are perfectly legal in Singapore but are illegal in China. One such example is the currency-exchange business or the money remittance business.
In Singapore, you can see many currency-exchange shops located everywhere. For example, if I hold Singapore Dollars and I want Japanese Yen for my upcoming holiday in Japan, all I need to do is go to any of the currency exchange shops located all around Singapore and do a simple exchange there. However, such a business is illegal in China. You can only go to the banks to conduct such an exchange. Or for example, foreigners working in Singapore can choose to remit money back to their own country through any of the remittance shops in Singapore. But in China, again you have to go through the banks, which of course, charges an undesirable rate.
If we expand further, we will find that there are many business related activities which one can do in Singapore but not in certain countries. Yet Singapore is a very restrictive place with very little personal freedom, which many do not like. What is one way to solve this problem? By being based in Thailand, preferably Bangkok, where you are 2 hours flight away from Singapore with all the freedom and low cost of living which Thailand can offer. Earn the expensive Singapore Dollar and spend the cheaper Thai Baht.
So if one decides to stay for a longer term in Thailand, would buying a property there be a good decision? That would be up for the person to decide.
Business In Thailand
Often, people are of no value in their own country. What we can do, all other average humans in your area can do. Naturally, there are many who cannot do well in their own country. However, when we go out of the country to a foreign place, what we have may become valuable. For example, few years ago there are so many foreigners buying Thailand properties. But many of these people are too busy to take care or maintain their own houses. There are then people who make a living out of it by being property managers for these investors, helping them rent out their condominums and take care of any ad-hoc issues. Of course, if we are observant enough, it is not difficult to see what other business opportunities there may be for us to make use of them.
The next thing people will say is, “It is not that easy to go to another country, with all the visa restrictions and stuff.” But Thailand is one of the countries who goes easy on criminal records and the different types of visa applications. So if one has an unglamorous history but wish to start over, or simply wish to carve out a new road because it is just so difficult in his or her home country, why not give Thailand a try?
There are people who do that, and end up buying a house over there. As always, it is because they intend to stay there on the longer term.
Conclusion
People try to earn money for all sorts of reasons. But sometimes, by changing the playing field, one can find that it is easier to earn money or that their money can be used more efficiently to achieve a certain objective. By opening up your mind and being open to try new things, one may find that perhaps life is not so difficult afterall. And that is why, despite not being a financially sound investment for many on the surface, there are still many who choose to get for themselves a property in Thailand.
ๅนพๅนดๅๆๅๆ่ณๆณฐๅๆฟ็ข็ๆฝฎๆตใๅพๆผ่ฐทๅฐๆธ ้ๅฐๆฎๅๅณถ๏ผ่จฑๅคไบๆดฒ่ฒทๅฎถๆไบ้ฒๅปใๅฐ็ขไธญไปไธๆทๅฑ่ๆณฐๅๆฟ็ข็ๅฅฝ๏ผ่ฝ่ณฃไธๅๆฏไธๅใ
้ๆ็ซ ไธๆจ่ฆไนไธๆจ้ทไปปไฝ็ขๅ๏ผ็ด็ฒนไปฅไธญ็ซไธๅฎข่ง็็ซๅ ดๅๆ็บไฝๆไบบ้ๆ่ฒทๆณฐๅๆฟ็ขใๆ็ฅ้ๆ่ฟๆณฐๅ็ทฌ็ธ็ไบ้ฌงๅพๅพๅคง๏ผ่จฑๅคไธญๅ่ฎ่ ๅฐๆณฐๅๆฒๆๅฅฝๅฐ่ฑกใไฝๆฏๆฐๅ ๅกๅฐๆณฐๅ้ๆฏไธญ็ซ็ใ
็ถๅ็็ๆณ
็ถๅ่ฒทๆณฐๅๆฟ็ข็ๅๅ ๆๅนพๅ๏ผ
1. ไธๆฏไธๆฏ่ผ็่ฉฑ๏ผๆณฐๅๆฟ็ข็ๆงๅนๆฏ็ขบๅฏฆๆฏๅ
ถไปๅๅฎถ้ซใๅๆชๆฌก็ๅ
ฌๅฏ๏ผๆผ่ฐท็ๅฐฑๆฏๆฏๅไบฌๆๆฐๅ ๅก็ไพฟๅฎใ
2. ไธๅธถไธ่ทฏๅฐ็ถๆๅพๅคๆ่ณ่
ไพ่ชชๆฏๅๅฉๅฅฝไฟกๆฏใ
3. ๆณฐๅไบบๅฃ้ๆฏๅๅนด่ผ้ป็ใๆผ่ฐทๆทจๆตๅ
ฅ็ไบบๅฃไนๅจๅขๅ ใ
4. ้ธๆ่ฒทๆธ
้ๆๆฎๅๅณถ็ๆ่ณ่
๏ผ็ถๆไน็ไธไบๅๆฐๅฎฟ็็ๆใ
ไฝๆฏ็ๆญฃๆ่ณๅพ๏ผๅป็ผ็พไบไธๅ ้ท้ฑ๏ผ
1. ๆฟ็ขไพๆๅคชๅค๏ผๆฟ็ข่ผ้ฃ่ซๆใ
2. ๆผ่ฐทไปฅๅค็็ง้ไธ็ฉฉๅฎใๆ
้ๆฏๆๅญฃ็ฏๆง็ใๅจๅฅฝ็็ๆณไธ๏ผ็ง้ๅๅ ฑ็ไนๅชๆ4%ๅทฆๅณ๏ผไธ็ฎ้ซใ
3. ่ชชๅฅฝ่ฝ๏ผๆณฐๅไบบๆฏ่ผไฝไฟใ่ชช้ฃ่ฝ๏ผ็ฉๆฅญๅๆฟ็ข็ฎก็ๅฅ้ฝไธ็ฎกใๆฑไปๅ่พฆไบๅ๏ผๅ
้้ปๅฐ็ฆฎ็ฉ๏ผๅคง็บๆจ็้ไบ่ฝ่พฆๅ๏ผๅคง็บๅๅฎไบไป็ๅฅถ่ถ๏ผ้ซ่ไบ๏ผๅ็บๅ
ถ้ฃ็ๅนซไฝ ไธไธๅงใ
ไปฅไธไพฟๆฏๅคงๅฎถๅไบๅนด่ฒทๆณฐๅๆฟ็ข็็็ฑ๏ผไปฅๅ่ช่บซ่ท้ฒไบๅ๏ผ็ธฝ็ตๅบไพ็ๅฟๅพใ้ฃ้บผ๏ผๅณไพฟ็ฅ้้ไบ๏ผ็บไป้บผ้ๆฏๆไบไบบๆณ่ฒทๆณฐๅๆฟ็ขๅข๏ผ
ๅญฉๅญ็ๆ่ฒ
ๅจๅพๅคไบๆดฒๅๅฎถ๏ผไพๅฆ้ๅ๏ผไธญๅ๏ผๆฐๅ ๅก๏ผๆฅๆฌ๏ผๆ่ฒๆฏไธๅ็ซถ็ญ้ๅธธๆฟ็็ไบๆ ใ็บไบๆ้ซ่่ฉฆๆ็ธพ๏ผๅญธ็ๆๅจๅญธ็ฟไธๆๅ ฅ็กๆธๅๅฐๆ๏ผๅฎถ้ทๆไธๆท่ฑๅคง็ญ้ข่ซ็งไบบ่ฃ็ฟ่ๅธซๆ็ตฆๅญฉๅญๅ ฑๅ่ฃ็ฟ็ญใ
ๅ้กๆฏ๏ผไปฅๆฆ็ไพ่ชช๏ผๆๆไธๅไบ็ฉ้ฝ้ตๅพ่ๆญฃๆ ๅไฝ็ๅ็ – ๅชๆไธๅฐ้จๅ็ไบบ่ฝๆๅ๏ผๅคง้จๅ็ไบบ่จปๅฎๆฏๅนณๅบธ๏ผๅณไพฟไฝ ็ๅนณๅบธๆพๅจ่ฅฟๆน็คพๆๅฐฑๆฏๅไบบๆใไธๆญข้ๆจฃ๏ผๅคง้จๅ็ๅญธ็้ฝๆฏๅจๆฟๅบๅญธๆ กๅๆ่ฒ็ใ่ชช็็ด็ฝ้ป๏ผๆฟๅบๅญธๆ กๅฐฑๆฏๅน้ค่ฝๅจ่จญๅฎ็ๆกๆถๅ งๅทฅไฝ็็ฒพ่ฑๅฅด้ธใๅ้ๅญธๆ กๆๆฏๅน้คไธไธไปฃ็้ ๅฐๅๆ่่ ใ
ไฝๆฏ่จฑๅคๅๅฎถๆๆ่ฆๅฎ๏ผๆฌๅฐไบบๆฏไธ่ฝๅจๆฌๅฐๅฐฑ่ฎๅ้ๅญธๆ ก็ใ็็ฑไธ่จ่ชๆใๆดไฝๆณ๏ผๅ้ๅญธๆ ก็ๅญธ่ฒป็ธ็ถ่ฒดใ
้ฃ้บผ๏ผ็จๅพฎๆ้ป้ข็็ถๆฏๅฐฑๆๅๆณๆณใไธๅฆๅจๅฆไธๅ่ผไพฟๅฎ็ๅๅฎถๅ ฑๅๅ้ๅญธๆ ก๏ผไพๅฆๆณฐๅ๏ผๅฐๆๅพ๏ผๅๅจๆฌๅ่ฑ่ฒปๅคง้่ณๆบ็ธๆฏ๏ผ่ฑๅทฎไธๅคๅๆจฃ็้ข่ฝๅจๆณฐๅ็ๅ้ๅญธๆ กๆฏๅๆดๅฅฝ็ไบใๅญฉๅญๅจๅ้็ฐๅขๅญธ็ฟ๏ผ็ตไบค็ไบบ่้ไฝๅ จ็๏ผๅๅ ็ๆฏๅ้่ชๅฏ็่่ฉฆ(ไพๅฆ IGCSE)๏ผๅพ่ๆๆด้ซ็ๆฆ็ๅจๅๅคๅไธๅคงๅญธใ
ๆไบๅ่ณฝ้๏ผๅฎถ้ท่ฝๆ้ซๅญฉๅญๆๅ็ๆฆ็ใ้ฃ้บผๆข็ถ่ฆๅจๆณฐๅไฝๅๅนพๅนด๏ผ่ๅ ถไบคๆฟ็ง๏ผไธๅฆ็ตฆ่ชๅทฑ้ๆฟ่ฒธ๏ผ
ๆฐๅ ๅก็็ๆ
ๆไบ็ๆ๏ผๅจไธๅๅๅฎถๆฏๅๆณ็๏ผไฝๅจๅฆไธๅๅๅฎถๅปๆฏ้ๆณ็ใไพๅฆ๏ผๅจ็พๅไฝ ่ฝๅ ๆๆญฃๅคง็่ณฃๆง๏ผไฝๅจๆฐๅ ๅก้ฃ้บผๅไผฐ่จๆ่ขซๅคๆญปๅใๆฐๅ ๅกไฝ็บไธๅ้่ไธญๅฟ๏ผๆๅพๅค้่็ธ้็็ๆ้ๅจ้่ฃกๆฏๅๆณ็๏ผไฝๅจไธญๅ็ขบๆฏ้ๆณ็ใๆฏ่ผๆไปฃ่กจๆง็ๅฐฑๆฏๅคๅนฃๆๅฏๅๅฏๆฌพใ
ๅจๆฐๅ ๅก๏ผๅฐ่้ฝๅฏ่ฆๅฐๅคๅนฃๆๅฏ็ๅบ้ชใๅๅฆๆๆๆๆฐๅนฃ๏ผไฝๆฏๅ ็บๆณๅปๆฅๆฌๆ ่ก่้่ฆๆฅๅ๏ผๆๅช้่ฆๅฐๅฎถๆจไธไปปไฝไธๅๅนน้ๅ็ๅบ้ชๅปๆ้ขๅณๅฏใไฝๆฏๅจไธญๅ๏ผไฝ ๅปๅช่ฝๅป้่ก่พฆ็้ๆจฃ็ๆฅญๅใๅๆ่ ๅจๆฐๅ ๅก็ๅคๅ่ณบไบๆฐๅนฃ๏ผๆณๆ้ขๆๅๅฎถ๏ผๆฐๅ ๅก้จ่้ฝๆๆไพๅฏๆฌพๆๅ็ๅบ้ชใไฝๆฏๅจไธญๅ๏ผไฝ ้ๆฏๅพๅป้่กใ
ๆๅๅพ้ๆข็ทๅปถไผธ๏ผๅฐฑไธ้ฃ็ผ็พ้ๆๅพๅคๅจๆฐๅ ๅก่ฝๅ๏ผไฝๆฏไธญๅไธ่ฝๅ็็ๆใไฝๆฐๅ ๅก็ขบๆฏไธๅ้ๅธธ้ๅถๅไบบ่ช็ฑ็ๅๅฎถใ้ฃๆ้บผ่งฃๆฑบ้ๅๅ้กๅข๏ผๅปๆณฐๅใๆผ่ฐท้ฃๆฐๅ ๅกๅช้2ๅฐๆ๏ผๆณฐๅ็ๆดปๆๆฌ้ไฝใ่ณบๆฐๅนฃ๏ผ่ฑๆณฐ้ใ
ๅฆๆๅ ็บ็ๆ่ๆฑบๅฎ้ทๆ้ๅจๆณฐๅๅฑ ไฝ๏ผ็บไฝไธ่ฒทๅๆฟ็ขๅข๏ผ
ๅจๆณฐๅๅ็ๆ
ๅคงๅคๆธ็ไบบๅจ่ชๅทฑ็ๅๅฎถๆฏๆฒๆๅนๅผ็ใๆๅๅคง้จๅ้ฝๆฏๅนณๅบธ็ใๆๅ่ฝๅ็๏ผ่กไธไปปไฝไธๅไบบไน่ฝๅ๏ผไปฅ่ดๆๅพๅคไบบๅจ่ชๅทฑ็ๅๅฎถไธ่ฝๅบไบบ้ ญๅฐใไฝๆฏๆๅๅปๅฐไบๅฆไธๅๅๅฎถ๏ผๆ่จฑๆ็ผ็พๅไพๆๅ่ฝ่ฎๅพๆดๆๅนๅผใไพๅฆ๏ผ้ไบๅนดๆ่ณๆณฐๅๆฟ็ข็ไบบ๏ผๅคงๅคๆธ้ฝๆฒๆๆ้ๆ็ฒพๅๅธธ้ฃๆณฐๅ่็ๆฟๅญ็็ฃไบไปฅๅๅบ็งๅบๅป็ตฆๅฅไบบใ้ๆ๏ผๅฐฑๆไธๆนไบบๅบ็พๅนซ้ไบๆ่ณ่ ็ฎก็ๆฟ็ขใ้ไบๆฟ็ข็ฎก็ไบบๅๆ่ณ่ ๆๆๅๆฏๅๅๅๅฎถไพ็ใ็ถ็ถ๏ผๅพ้ๅๆ่ทฏๅปถ็บไธๅป๏ผๅ็ผ็พๅ ถๅฏฆๆไธๅ ่ชๅทฑๅๅฎถไบบ็ๆฅญๅๆฏ่ฝๅ็ใ็ถ็ถไนๆๆๅฅ็่ณบ้ขๆฉๆใ
็ถๅพๅๆๆไบบ่ชช๏ผๅปๅฆไธๅๅๅฎถๅชๆฏ้ฃ้บผๅฎนๆ็ไบ๏ผ่ฆๅๆ้ข๏ผ่ฆๅๅจ้ฃ่ฃกๅ ๅพๆพๅทฅไฝ๏ผๆ่ ่ฎๆธใไฝๆฏๆณฐๅๅจ็ฐฝ่ญๆน้ขๆฏ้ๅธธๅฏฌ้ฌ็๏ผๅณไพฟไฝ ๆ็ฏ็ฝช่จ้ใๅฆๆๆ่ไธๅ ๅฝฉ็้ๅป๏ผไฝๅๆณ้้ ญๅไพ๏ผ้ๅบไธๆข่ทฏ๏ผๆณฐๅไนๆ่จฑๆฏไธๅ้ธๆใ
ๅ็๏ผ่ฅๅจๆณฐๅ้ๅพๅธธไฝ๏ผๆฏ่ฒทๆฟๆไธ่ฒทๅข๏ผ้ๅฐฑๅพๅไบบ่ช่กๅคๆทไบใ
็ต่ซ
ไบบๅ็บไบๅ็จฎ็็ฑ่ณบ้ขใไฝๆๆๆๅ่ณฝ้๏ผๅฐฑๆ็ผ็พๅไพ่ฝๆดๆๆ็่ณบๅๆดๅค่ณๆบ๏ผๅๆ่ ่ฝๆดๆๆ็็้ๅฐๆๅ็ฎๆจใๅช่ฆๆพ้ๆๆณ๏ผ้กๆๅ่ฉฆๆฐไบ็ฉ๏ผๆ่จฑๆ็ผ็พ็ๆดปๆฒๅฟ ่ฆ้ๅพ้ฃ้บผ่พ่ฆใ้ไนๅฐฑๆฏ็บไป้บผ้็ถไปฅๅฎ็ด็้้ขๆ่ณ่งๅบฆไพ่ชช๏ผๆณฐๅๆฟ็ขไธไธๅฎๆฏๅๅฅฝ้ธๆ๏ผไป็ถๆๆๅพๅคไบบๆณ่ฆ็บ่ชๅทฑ่ฒทๅฅๅ ฌๅฏใ
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