🀝 Buying Land (For A Friend) πŸ‘©β€πŸ’Ό My Wife Is Now A Cambodian Real Estate Mogul 🏚️

Today we finalized the deal on purchasing the plot of land next to ours, but in name only, the land will actually be occupied by a friend of ours.

It's A Done Deal ✍️

Β  Β  Β Foreigners can't legally own land in Cambodia, one of the many cons of living here, so if a foreigner wants to own land here, the only way to do it is to ultimately just trust a Cambodian citizen to own your land for you and to not screw you. Unfortunately this happens all too often, and I know far too many foreigners that have been cheated by their spouse, friend, or lawyer, and lost their land/house in the blink of an eye.

Β  Β  Β My friend has entrusted my wife to own his land for him on his behalf because foreigners just can't be trusted to own land here. I think this is a stupid law, and if the USA passed reciprocal laws preventing Cambodians from owning land in the USA and also made it nearly impossible for them to become US citizens, I am sure the laws here would change instantly because that would hurt a lot of powerful VIPs who choose to live in California on their Cambodian wealth.

It's Chai Time Yo' β˜•

Β  Β  Β After we arrived back home I decided it was a perfect gray and gloomy afternoon for a hot cup of masala chai. I picked some fresh mint from the yard and began whipping up a pot of spiced caffeine. Srey-Yuu is probably the #2 chai lover in our house, but I suspect this is mostly because she loves anything with black pepper, and she was surprised to learn I put a wee bit of black pepper in my chai on most occasions.

Teen Chef At Work πŸ‘©β€πŸ³

Β  Β  Β Next to the spicy batch of chai on the stove, Srey-Yuu fried some vegan pΓ’tΓ© and soy chunks to pair with a mango salad for an early dinner. She is slowly becoming more and more of an asset in the kitchen, but for the most part is still hesitant to learn Indian cuisine because "it's too complicated."

A Cheeky Fort Builder 🏰

Β  Β  Β I will depart with this image of Monkey-B showing off her latest fort creation. We don't have a lot of furniture, so fort-building skills are a useful thing to have up your sleeve when you need them. Monkey-B is quite adept at creating various luggage-based forts all over her room, and sometimes these forts expand beyond her room, but you have to limit fort space when you live in already tiny home. Okay, that's all for now folks, until next time.........

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Congratulations on your friend's smooth purchase of land,have a good luck for your family.

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I am excited to have a neighbor that I know well. I think he will be living here fulltime before I return from the USA.

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That law is in place to protect the land ownership. With the kind of mentality Cambodia have now, it's easy for China to set up a 5 star casino there, and within a blink of an eye china can own the entire Cambodia just like how Cambodians cheat on land deals from foreigners.

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On the surface I think that is true, but there are all kinds of loopholes. The easiest loophole is land concessions, something Cambodia seems to only grant to China because Cambodia is far into the Chinese debt trap. 99-year lease deals also often turn into concessions when Cambodia fails to repay the debt on time, then a new debt repayment scheme is implemented with more concessions.

I read somewhere once that China owns 80% of the Cambodian coastline, and they even made Sihanoukville the Macau in 5 years, chasing out the Russian and Turkish mafia and replacing their turf with skyscraper casinos. The whole plan fell apart because of COVID-19's economic impact and because the Chinese hotels and casinos were dumping raw sewage directly into the tourist beaches. There is a bit of a Chinese ghost town there now, but nothing like the abandoned megacities I've seen on YouTube in mainland China.

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Wow, this is the first time I know tht foriegner can't owned a land in cambodia. Here in the Philippines, there are many foriegn people who owned already a land not just lot but hectares. 😯😯

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There are ways for foreign countries/entities to own land here, but China is the only country to receive the majority of these deals. I think it prevents a lot of international investment because China is awarded so many no-bid contracts by the government also.

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That is the the first time to know that kind of situation. Thank you for sharing it my friend.

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To be trusted fully by a friend is already great. And I think your wife is overwhelmed with the fact that she is trusted to have a land named to her. I didn't know that Cambodia has such a law among foreigners. Damn, it must have been heart-breaking to know you're betrayed by someone you trusted over land. :(

Anyway, it looks like our teen chef is now a responsible lady. I like seeing her in the kitchen, or helping you out. She's a grown lady now. ✨

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I've seen a lot of heartbroken foreigners during my years here, lost their land and with no parental rights the Cambodian spouse can simply kick out the foreigner and refuse visitation. I don't like this law, but I have little rights to change stuff like this, so I reluctantly accept it.

I hope to teach Srey-Yuu a few of my recipes so she can help from time to time in the kitchen. She's pretty good with a knife now, and that's the most important part.

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