The Questions That Matter Most

A foreigner cannot own land; they can own the right to sell land and use land under a lease or other use right. Leases are the most suitable when constructed under the BtF protocol.

You cannot own or control a Thai land-owning company by any means, even if you hold zero shares. That breaches the Thai FBA and then the Thai Land Code. Ownership can mean control through any other means, not just shares or board positions. BtF does not involve any investment in Thai Land or Thai Company shares.

Leases and Sap-Ing-Siths run for 30 years only and are Use Rights, not rights over the land which is eternal. When you contract with BtF, you are dealing with TIN because their structure gives you a reliable counterparty and the contract is secured on the land and the property, not the lease or sap-ing-sith deal. This avoids the errors all Thai Lawyers make and therefore avoids failure.

The assets in TIN and CBSA are ring-fenced by SPH's 1st charge security and leases; SPH is ring-fenced under Labuan Trust Law, and investors are protected by the Labuan Financial Services Authority; therefore, the entire structure is backstopped by SPH.

The only thing that can legally be contracted for: a new offer, on the same terms with a revised commercial premium based on a predetermined agreed index such as the increase in the land office appraised price of the land parcel. This is what courts say they want, so BtF gives it to them — that way it will be enforceable by law. As it happens, we have the independent Security Agent offer and register on acceptance, so a court would never be involved, but it is essential to have a legal and commercial contract.

Your heirs are listed in the trust from day one; when you die, assets are transferred to them immediately. You can amend heirs at any time.

TIN Group is a genuine Thai company trading for profit; they promote their services to foreigners under the Better-than-Freehold brand. When they acquire property, they do so as the principal, and you follow their process and use their lease and option contracts. This meets all the requirements of the Land Code as you genuinely lease and option land from them. The FBA and AMLA do not apply as they concern foreign investment into and control of Thai company shares. TIN is wholly Thai-owned with no foreign control.