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Should I buy or rent a home in Thailand?

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If you have not spent a lot of time in Thailand, you should rent before even thinking about buying. We asked expats there about the buy vs. rent decision...

"No ownership although many people are building and condo are offering incentives," said a member in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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"We bought a condo, but it is in are family name, then we went and bought another condo and put this in my wife's name - she is Thai. We had to pay cash for the condo, because you cannot even get a short term loan in Thailand. Even if you make 80% more than most Thai people coming in every month, the only way to get a loan is to be working even if you only may 10,000 baht a week, it's better than 200,000 baht in the bank," remarked another expat who made the move to Nonthaburi, Thailand.

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