I am happy I bought my little 45 square metre corner unit in Jomtien at a very fair price from a Scot seven years ago. You would remember him from the expat club, where he used to be a regular member. I only paid 1.5 million baht for the condo and had it totally refurbished for less than 50000 baht by a very good Thai builder and his electrician mate, who rewired the place perfectly. The little money I paid I would have paid in rent in the last seven years. The condo has a very nice kitchen as well and the missus loves cooking good Thai and our favourite Farang meals, Unlike other Thais she developed a liking for Farang food when we went to Australia on our three last trips there.
Our place is nice and quite on a high floor on the other end away from the noisy Second Jomtien Beach road. There is good undercover 6 level car park as well. I would never sell the place, even if I decided to move back to Australia on a permanent basis. I would then just keep the condo as a holiday home.
Having your own place also allows you to travel with only cabin luggage, as everything we possess here is also over there in our place in Australia.
Cheers mate,
W.S