Due diligence is the name given to the process of investigating the details of a potential investment, including the verification of material facts. Wishful thinking, on the other hand, is an interpretation of the facts as one would like them to be rather than as they are. If you regularly visit online expatriate forums, you [...]
Over the many years I have been in this business here in Phuket, I have met with hundreds of property investors. All of them have their specific requirements and taste. And all have their own specific reason for investing in property in Phuket. Still, although everyone is different, has different taste and different requirements, there [...]
For the first time, authorities on Phuket (and in Bangkok) are seriously considering and discussing the island’s public transport needs. Talks are being held now about tuk-tuks and airport taxis, which is good. Yet it’s as if, somehow, the two are separate problems while in fact they are very much related. Therefore, they will need [...]
To be the only boat in sight from horizon to horizon, anchored off a deserted tropical island beach may seem like a dream to most sailors. But when you are sailing in Phuket, it is an everyday reality. Also Phuket’s climate is quite unique amongst cruising destinations. There is no winter and we are also [...]
You want to buy overseas property but mortgages are not available through the local banks and there is no financing from the developer’s side as well. So what do you do? Before going to search for unfriendly lenders who all of the sudden have something else more important to do when they see a foreigner [...]
