I bought my house in Jomtien 16 years ago. I went through many agents who would only show you one or two places a day. I was staying in a hotel, my thai wife said let's just rent the hotel van and look around ourselves. We toured many villages on both the Dark side and ocean side. looking for for sale signs we found many and followed up on quite a few. We found our house that afternoon we still live in today no agent involved hired a paralegal to protect us while dealing with the owner. The location is still perfect for us and I would pick the same house again.