I agree with AmericanInvestorThailand
If you are an expat there and want to buy so you can sue you housing allowance to pay the mortage on your condo, then that's ok.
But "Behind the famous Thai smile is a tiger waiting to devour its victim" is very true.
IMHO, the main reaosn for the incresae in "xenophobia" is the fact that there are 1000s of old, rich and sexually predatory men coming over and taking the young women.
Walk down Sukhumvit/ Siam Square of even chiang mai and you will see this.
Adn don't even get me started on Pattaya!
