Anonymous commented : OK - got the boat house idea and received it well. As for the rest of the flip flop on the major differences with what other countries have to offer and what Thailand is offering - WELL - what can you say about Thailand. Beautiful place, beautiful people, mis-guided government, corruption, narrow minded people in places of power whether limited power or not. Sounds like a lot of other countries but maybe better than most ?? I myself am disappointed the USA - my mother country - adopts policy for a country that does not exchange the same courtesies as we do. In America a Thai national can own ANY business, ANY property, ANY basic rights under the constitution (not all - but most of them) and get treated with as much respect as ANY other person born in the country or not. Flip the coin over in Thailand and we get a shakedown for money at every corner of the road we travel. We get restrictions that do not allow us the same rights as their country men. We get restrictions on the business' we can own. We get hit with enormous amounts of money needed to operate a business when the locals do not need a single Baht to get a business started. They restrict our time in the country without any due course for us to stay and apply for longer term visa's or even citizenship. And as for marriage to Thai - Western standards it all leans towards the money - if you have it you get by - if you don't have it get out - we don't want you here if you don't have a bank full of money. Do I need to continue ? If more people were to withdrawal their dollars from spending - something as simple as limiting what they spend - it would put Thailand into a financial nose dive of major proportions. We have the ability to shut down their business' - TOURISM - and lower their GDP - of which tourism is a major part. I like Thailand very much - why else would I live here. I just don't like the political and corruption guided government with their eye on what matters them most - taking the money out of someone else's pocket to put in their own pocket. There are ways for foreigners to get things changed - look at the UK and USA and the way immigration laws and restrictions have changed through pressure from other governments - top leaders asking to make a change for the ex-patriots that are living in these foreign countries. In Thailand the DOLLAR speaks very loudly - and if we control it we should use it to our benefit. More should be discussed between foreigners living here in Thailand about just what can be done to twist the arms behind the backs of the money greedy government officials. To get what WE want instead of paying them to get - ? WHAT ? - more restrictions and more corrupt hands facing palm up waiting to be paid.

Stense commented : Why all this letters; from me to you, and again and again. Why not read the Land Law? 3000+ property for sale, only in Pattaya, why? Most of the purchase contract in name of a Bath 10.000 company, blue eyed foreigners in the hands of corrupt property and so name law company; "Now you can buy and you will be the owner of house and land!" Thousands in the trap, no time to consult the very simplest facts, the Thai Land Law! After a lot have been "owners" for more than 25 years, in five years time they can take what is on the top of the land, put it into containers and ship it to UK or the USA.If you are a so named buyer, read the documents very carefully, this as a lot of people who after 25 years have understood better, by so desperate to find stupid people who do not know the rules. If they use an agent, foreign or Thai, they will never tell the truth, as they have their commission. Everything in Thailand is "short time," and nothing will change, and with the royal / military Government we have today. You will have the same climate and cost of living in next door countries, and many of those having consulted the International Dr. in law have change their mind, and purchased land and constructed their home in a country like Malaysia. ( I am renting, and will never ever invest in property in Thailand.)