treehugger wrote:
I resolved most of these issues years ago by letting it be known that I was the only poor falang in the world - everyone knows this now and stops trying to sell my wife houses, land and other 'bargains'.

I've done exactly the same, well the wife did it, she said "I tell people we poor have not much money that is why we live in Thailand, if we rich we live in England. Now we not get people come our house and steal things".

Well.......dumb as is seems its worked

All good points Ray!Wow,I missed that the ''chili land'' was 300,000 a rai!I can't imagine any land 15K South of Udon worth anywhere close to that price!Sounds like a ''Red Flag'' ,IMO,plus who would buy it if it could be sold.I was thinking that they must have 50 -0 rai of chilis

BKKSTAN wrote:All good points Ray!Wow,I missed that the ''chili land'' was 300,000 a rai!I can't imagine any land 15K South of Udon worth anywhere close to that price!Sounds like a ''Red Flag'' ,IMO,plus who would buy it if it could be sold.I was thinking that they must have 50 -0 rai of chilis

Your in for a shock if you start looking then Stan. I live 40k out and land for building starts at 300k for ex farm, going up to 500k + for good road, all facilities situation. My wife sold two plots just last year for almost a million, and the land next to me, 1 1/2 rai, sold for 700k, Thai to Thai.That represents a 50% increase since we bought, a little over 5 years ago.The prices I quote tie up with the valuations being used by the local land office.

Thanks Val,I had no idea!That info should definitely lower the ''red flag''!

Agreed Val but there are people buying for a lot less then that closer to Udon as well. A friend two years ago bought at 170K a Rai in the same area where it was sold for 350K a rai. The key here is the same as everywhere else a motivated seller. That land at 170 is on a paved road, with electricity avialable 8 klms for Udon.


Another put together an even better deal but a bit farther out.

Your right Val if someone asked for that much money for a rai of land and someone paid it I would be shocked especially a Thai.

I don't doubt one bit what your saying Val, but that is no baragin.

Wife would like to buy 5 rai about 10k from town center, 800,000bt.

jetdoc wrote:Wife would like to buy 5 rai about 10k from town center, 800,000bt.

So would mine

Now thats a bargain. There around but you might not get it exactly where you want it.

If your sites are set on one paticular area, you might not do so well.

If prices are moving up that fast,I think we will hold on to our square acre of land on the Mekong river

Actually the 5 rai can probably be had for less, but medical expenses and house project in Surin are keeping us from finding out.

I have my problems but when i arrive there on 11thJuly they will be gone thanks to Paul and beer Monkey . All is not lost and I thank you 2 people for that. A lot is written but not so much forgotten

Thanks

Brian

P.S. no smiley I cant afford it