This Englishman PROVES Business Success is Possible in Thailand 🇹🇭
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- My interview with my friend Simon, a UK expat who has called Thailand home for the past 23 years! Simon shares insights into his journey and how he built a successful real estate business. If you're looking to buy, rent, or sell property in Chiang Mai, be sure to check out Perfect Homes perfecthomes.co.th/
Simon also shares his expertise through videos showcasing properties available in Chiang Mai on his TH-cam channel. / @perfecthomeschiangmai
A massive thanks to Simon!
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Simon's interview exuded charm and insight, offering a delightful blend of English wit and Thai warmth, making it a captivating and culturally enriching experience. Awesome interview Jon, you asked great questions.
Thanks mate :)
Really love this interview. Thank you Jon for interviewing Simon. Great stuff.
Thanks :)
Simon's comment "Chiang Mai makes you younger" - so true !!
Yep definitely :)
I think this can be said of Thailand too as a whole!
Great Interview, What a fantastic story. Well done Simon.
Thanks!
It’s good to see the two of you having a chat. Was watching the two of you separately for several years and now you guys from time to time connect. I loved Simon started out as a teacher, accidentally. Which is similar to me. Been teaching in HK for 8 years now and heading to retirement in a few months - in Chiang Mai. Well done Jon.
Thanks mate!
Great testament from two regular guys having the courage and faith to chase their preferred lifestyles instead of succumbing to the rut most of their contemporaries settled for.
Chok dee and kop khun krap to you both.
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Great interview Enjoyed Simon’s Optimistic outlook on Chiang Mai, and Thailand is a whole
Thanks!
After that interview l will be buying a unit from Perfect Homes.
Great interview, John. 🙏🏻
Thanks!
A really inspiring story of a person I really look up to here in Chiang Mai. Cheers to Perfect Homes 🎉
Yep, 100% agree!
Very good interview Jon, Simon's story is very interesting and its always inspiring to hear a success story. I see no reason why anyone can't make a good life here in Thailand. I sure hope to. Cheers guys.
Thanks Peter, yep it’s doable if you want it!
Great video!
Thanks!
Great and lovely discussion
Thanks mate!
Another really interesting interview!
Thanks!
The best country in the world by a mile!
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A really inspiring story well done Simon you and your wife really worked hard
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Great interview
Thanks!
Great content fellas love hearing success stories . Chiangmai is awesome
Thanks Robert
Fantastic interview, fantastic guy. Inspirational story from Simon and I am also extremely proud to call him my brother!
Thanks Paul, you guys have done great!
Very nice video
Thanks!
Namoon, true business success
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This kind of interview with someone who's feet are on the ground is very informative and appreciated and rare in comparison with those many old grumpy cheap retirees videos out there...
Open Mouth already Big Mistake
@@user-lq8bv6zv3u what do you mean by "open mouth"?
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Simon it’s £6 £7 in London now whetherspoons is about £3 per pint
That's it! I am never going back!
Those prices are crazy! :)
Parker Real Estate was operating in 1978
I was in Chiang Mai a few months ago and it was largely torn up with construction on roads and sidewalks. You had to walk on the busy road because there were huge holes where sidewalks used to be. Really crazy. Also the red truck mafia made it very hard to get around. And Grab is run by the Thai taxi mafia. I went to Chiang Mai many times before the lockdown and it was nice. It's a total wreck now. Many business still closed and many hotels for sell. I won't ever go there again because the local gov obviously doesn't care about tourists to out us through this mess. It will take many many years for Chiang Mai to recover, if ever. These guys on YT aren't telling you the truth. They're in sales. They're selling ads and properties. Buyer beware.
Hmm, interesting, as someone who lives here I don't see it like that, Chiang Mai is on the up, but that's my opinion :)
@@JonInChiangMai Yes, we all have opinions, some more informed and/or less biased than others. I also lived in CM for many years but left when it collapsed. I thought it would have recovered by now but I was wrong. Correct me if I'm wrong but you just moved into CM city after living in a remote area for many years, so I'm not sure your perspective is reliable. Also, your claim that CM is on the up is the same opinion as Perfect Homes, the realtors. It's all sales. My assessment of CM is 100% accurate. And I'm not selling anything. CM is run down and largely deserted compared to pre-lockdown. The difference is like night and day.
I lived there for just over 2 years, glad I moved away from the place. Hugely overrated IMHO
@@AndiGomez-yu2dx It's only overrated because of people on YT who are making fake content to sell ads.
@@userdhss-hsjs I agree with you. I was drawn to the place through watching TH-cam videos and hearing the hype through other social media platforms. My experience when I actually moved there was quite the opposite.. terribly busy roads, (just as bad as Bangkok during certain hours) tons of constant road works, nightlife was incredibly tame given the fact it’s Thailands second major city, and the Air pollution was absolutely horrendous for 3 months of the year!
One thing I did really like, was some of the beautiful countryside and mountains in the province and surrounding provinces, but that was only really enjoyable during the ‘winter’ months.
555 I've lived in Chiangmai for 50 years,this guy is fresh
Wow how did u manage 50yrs ? Rich parents? ❤
You wasted your life. Time to move on and see the world
The 555 makes this comment legit
I find Simon's videos to come across condescending to his lady presenters. I had to watch this video to see him interacting with someone else.
Seems alright, but I do think he needs to be humbler with them.
I would like to add, I enjoyed him in this video. Hearing his story and the hard work and work ethic... he is the kind of guy that seems focused and purposed.
I agree...I felt sorry for them, ladies, his western way of jokes is insulting them I feel, he needs to respect the thai tradition of speaking/joking in Thailand, they don't want to "lose their face" so I only watched the 1..only 1 video then I stoped watching him. Hope he do better for next 23 years😊
I completely disagree with you. On the contrary I find their banter funny and very refreshing in an otherwise hypersensitive and dull pool of youtube videos tripping over themselves to not say the wrong thing. He is never condescending, always polite, and always a jokester. You can tell they aren't offended in any way by watching the videos. Because they know he's joking. The problem is you're offended on behalf of someone who isn't offended. And the notion that he should humble himself before his junior employees (that are half his age, some probably fresh out of highschool, make very good money by local standards, and have a fraction of his life experience) is absurd. A good boss should always be polite, but going around showing deference to employees is counter productive. I learned this the hard way both as employee and employer. This came across as a rant, but it's principles and concepts I've often thought of.
Have a nice day.
@@GrandmasterLix I mostly agree with you. Banters, compliments or otherwise are common in Thai interaction. However, your target audience is non-Thai and, as such, you don't want to alienate the viewers who may not understand and see it as condescending toward your female employees. In other words, joking is fine, but asking the employee to get on an exercise machine may not be a good idea.
I’ll jump in on this conversation. As I’m preparing for our move I watch a LOT of Simon’s videos. Many of the girls give as well as they take. The better their English the more sassy they are with Simon. Their personality comes out.
@@GrandmasterLix well you have your right to feel/say what you think of this matter I still don't think it was polite in that 1 video I watched also going on the run machine. So we agree we don't agree😁
Nice interview. Good to see Simon in a more relaxed mode. The link to his channel isn't working.
Thanks mate, yeah I got that link fixed.
Exception proves the rule.
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