Comments on: It’s surprisingly hard to spend a huge housing allowance in Bangkok https://www.gregtodiffer.com/housing-allowance/ Stories, rants & observations about expat life in Asia's craziest city Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:59:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: AdorablAnt https://www.gregtodiffer.com/housing-allowance/#comment-1076 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 05:52:00 +0000 https://www.gregtodiffer.com/?p=3532#comment-1076 In reply to Greg.

The landlord could pay your friend or spouse for a service. That way, all is above board.

]]> By: Greg https://www.gregtodiffer.com/housing-allowance/#comment-1075 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 04:09:38 +0000 https://www.gregtodiffer.com/?p=3532#comment-1075 In reply to AdorablAnt.

Yeah, this crossed my mind too, but with my luck if I tried that, I’d get found out, fired, and sued for whatever back rent I owed. 😛

]]> By: AdorablAnt https://www.gregtodiffer.com/housing-allowance/#comment-1074 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:58:38 +0000 https://www.gregtodiffer.com/?p=3532#comment-1074 A simple, and very Thai solution: look for any place you want, use up the full allowance in rent and get a kickback from the landlord for the excess amount.

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