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Books by René Philippe Raymond Dubout

Seventeen years of writing for the foreign buyer and the foreign investor — from the first guide to buying property offshore in 2009 to the full practice of investing abroad.

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How to Purchase Real Estate Offshore Safely

The Case of Thailand

2009 · FinBook · Finalist, USA Best Book Awards

The book that started it all. Learn the critical issues to address before purchasing a property offshore, and see how they apply in Thailand.

The first part sets out the questions every foreign buyer should ask, wherever the property is. The second part applies them to Thailand: land tenure, foreign ownership, condominiums and property taxes.

No longer available
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How to Safely Buy Real Estate in Thailand

Second Edition

2010 · Rated five stars on Amazon

“I aim to give you all the information you need about buying property safely in Thailand.”

A practical guide for foreign buyers of property in Thailand, written by the lawyer the Bangkok Post called “the real-estate veteran” and Australia’s Herald Sun a “real estate finance expert and author”.

Available on Amazon
Although the Second Edition is still available on Amazon, we recommend waiting for the new Third Edition.
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How to Safely Buy Real Estate in Thailand

Volume I — The Buyer’s Guide: risk, due diligence and the transaction

Third Edition · 2026 · Chapters 1–41

The first of two volumes of the Third Edition. Volume I follows the buyer through the purchase itself: the risks, the due diligence and the transaction, step by step.

Together, the two volumes run to nearly 1,000 pages and 80 chapters, numbered straight through from one volume to the next.

Coming 1 October 2026
Kindle & paperback on Amazon · Google Play · Apple Books · Kobo
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How to Safely Buy Real Estate in Thailand

Volume II — The Law: land, ownership structures, condominiums and tax

Third Edition · 2026 · Chapters 42–80

The legal companion to Volume I. Volume II sets out the law behind the transaction: land rights, the structures available to foreign owners, the condominium regime and the taxes involved.

Written for buyers and for the professionals who advise them.

Coming 1 October 2026
Kindle & paperback on Amazon · Google Play · Apple Books · Kobo
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What Nobody Tells You Before You Invest Abroad

A Practical Guide to Building a Business — and a Life — in Another Country

First Edition · 2026 · 30 chapters · 30 decision tables

Not a book about how international investment is supposed to work, but about what can happen when you actually do it. Sector restrictions and local partners, visas and work permits, health and insurance, the business plan, buying an existing business, banks, tax residence, key-person risk and the exit.

Every chapter ends with a decision table — CLEAR, REVIEW or STOP — and all thirty tables are available as a free companion workbook at fintechlex.com/decision-tables.

Coming 1 October 2026
Paperback on Amazon · eBook on Amazon, Google Play & Apple Books