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  1. So true. The OP hasn't provided enough information leaving other posters to speculate. Even his one follow-up response was a bit vague. I assume he means that his daughter is 51 years old. Additionally, we don't know if his daughter is a Thai citizen or not. Many have assumed that she is Thai, but my guess based upon his interest in having his daughter inherit the villa led me to assume she isn't Thai.
  2. This is the quote of the day in my humble opinion!
  3. My understand of the law, and based upon information provided on this forum previously, is that when a foreigner inherits a condo from another foreigner, the new owner needs to bring in funds from abroad equivalent to the assessed value of the condo. Either that or they must sell the condo. Previous posts in this forum usually identify the foreigner inheriting the condo as a Westerner. However, I believe this stipulation applies to anyone that is not a Thai citizen. Being born in Thailand does not automatically confer Thai citizenship unless at least one of the parents is Thai. So, your daughter is not Thai and therefore must bring in funds from outside of Thailand in order to keep the condo. You can state in your will that you want her to receive the condo. And if you make her the executor of your will, she should have time to either come up with the funds to put the condo in her name or sell it and receive the net proceeds from the sale of the condo. Another alternative would be for her to apply for Thai citizenship. Whether that is even possible for her, I don't know.
  4. I don't have information specifically on what to expect as an adult. However, I will say that the process to get Thai ID cards for my daughters who were minors at the time took a whole day. That was in Phatthalung. In addition to getting them entered into their grandparents' house book, they required interviews with others in the community that could vouch for them being children of my wife. They kept asking for photo copies of everything, so we kept having to go to a local print shop multiple times during the process. The official processing the applications created handwritten reports that were passed on to a secretary who entered those reports into a computer. Once the girls had the Thai IDs, they were able to get Thai passports in Hat Yai which only took about an hour to process. Of course we had to drive to Hat Yai and back from Phatthalung, so the total time was about half a day. I hope you don't have to go through the same agonizing process that we did. By the way, I'm interested in finding out how your application goes because we didn't obtain a Thai ID for our son because my wife didn't want him to register for the military draft. We intend to get his Thai ID after he's in his 30's.
  5. In my opinion, there are cases where an Airbnb rental could work in Thailand. For example, when a family of 8 needs a booking, getting multiple hotel rooms could be more expensive than renting a house that accommodates up to 8 guests. I have a family of 5 and I often look for places to rent wherever we travel that can accommodate all of us in a single place. In Thailand, we often have to book 2 rooms which isn't too bad, but if we can get a place with 2 bedrooms, we prefer that option. Unfortunately, there aren't many hotels or serviced apartments in Thailand that have such an accommodation. I have rented apartments in Rome, Paris, Tokyo, Kyoto, Brooklyn, etc. instead of hotel rooms because it was much more cost effective than booking hotel rooms.
  6. Based upon your response, I believe the situation I outlined is legal since a townhouse is owned by a Thai. How else could it be owned other than by a Thai or a Thai LTD?
  7. I know this thread is about buying a condo and renting on Airbnb or some other short term rental site. However, there are posts about a villa being rented out short term. My question is, assuming that someone has a townhouse, is it illegal to rent it out short term? If this is the only property being rented out by the landlord, it doesn't appear to violate the Hotel Act which requires a license when renting something like 4 or 5 units or more. And if the townhouse doesn't have an HOA to restrict short term leases, is there any reason such a rental would be considered illegal?
  8. How about this situation? Brother owes a bank money on land but can't pay the debt. His sister offers to pay off the debt but only if he transfers the land to her. The land has been owned by the brother for many years. Over time, the brother hopes to pay back the sister so that he can own the land again, but that might not happen which is why the sister requests that the land be transferred to her in the meantime. What will the transfer fees and taxes be in this situation?
  9. None of the properties that my wife has purchased were ever found by a realtor.
  10. I'm wondering if you are responding to the wrong poster. The OP is mateusz1945 who provided to photo of the pipes. MangoKorat has only posted in text about his situation.
  11. I have read in this forum that one of the benefits of having permanent residency is that when purchasing a condo, you aren't required to have all the funds coming from outside of Thailand. Your purchase will still be designated as part of the foreign quota. I could be completely wrong about this, so if this is of interest to you, I suggest you research this or get advice from a lawyer.
  12. Is your marriage registered in Thailand? If not, then you don't need to indicate that you are married. For example, my Thai wife has purchased real estate several times since we were married in the US. However, because we haven't registered the marriage in Thailand and she still uses her maiden name on her Thai ID and passport, I haven't been required to provide any consent or sign that document indicating that all the funds come only from my wife. If your marriage is registered in Thailand, that a different situation and I can't comment on whether or not you need spousal consent.
  13. Your post got me to search for "Sor Tor Gor" land title because this is the type of land title that my wife purchased (and sold) many years ago. Interestingly, your website showed the first answer from my Google search: Land document issued by the forest department granting the right to a private person to reside and live in a specific area of land in reserved forest land (public land prohibited for private ownership), a sor.tor.gor gives a personal right (like the right of habitation) and cannot be sold but can be passed on by inheritance. Glad I finally discovered what that type of land title was after all these years.
  14. And you're still interested in buying into this condo development knowing all this? I wouldn't want to have to deal with a JPM/management company like this unless you are getting a significantly reduced price. Even then, do you really want to have scammers running the place?
  15. Because we never registered our US marriage in Thailand and because my wife's Thai ID lists her as single with it showing her maiden name, I never needed to sign anything or appear at the land office every time she purchased real estate in Thailand. I assume those of you required to sign a document stating you lay no claim to the property either have your marriage registered in Thailand or your spouse has changed her last name on official Thai documents. I found it interesting that even when I had to be present and sign my name when my daughters received their Thai IDs, the officials didn't have any issue with my wife keeping her marital status as single.
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