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12 towns · both prices · every source dated

Stop paying the foreigner price for rent in Asia.

On Panglao Island, a studio four kilometres inland rents for $112 a month. The beach-strip one-bedroom you'll find online is $558. This book prints both prices for twelve towns across the Philippines and Thailand.

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  • Twelve towns, both prices, with the catch printed next to each
  • The Field Workbook: nine printable worksheets
  • The Reference Card: the rate, the source labels, every number that was cut
  • Edition II free when it lands (it will sell for $97)
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12Towns priced and sourced
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The gap

Same island. Five times the rent.

What locals pay $112 Studio in Looc, inland
₱7,000 a month
4 km apart · 5×
What you'll find online $558 1BR, Libaong beach strip
₱35,000 a month

Property portals are built to be searched in English, from abroad. The local price is a sign on a gate and a post in a local group, and from your kitchen table it doesn't exist. Here are all twelve towns, both prices.

TownLocals payOnline
  • Chiang Mai 🇹🇭$76$648
  • Panglao, Bohol 🇵🇭$112$558
  • Iloilo City 🇵🇭$175$409
  • Cebu City 🇵🇭$191$389
  • Dumaguete 🇵🇭$156$328
  • Siquijor 🇵🇭$303$326
  • Hua Hin 🇹🇭$61$304
  • Davao City 🇵🇭$160$295
  • Cagayan de Oro 🇵🇭$160$278
  • Bacolod 🇵🇭$96$273
  • Legazpi 🇵🇭$174$263
  • Tagbilaran, Bohol 🇵🇭$88$179
What locals pay · entry tier What the portals quote
$0$100$200$300$400$500$600$700Chiang Mai 🇹🇭$648$76Panglao, Bohol 🇵🇭$558$112Iloilo City 🇵🇭$409$175Cebu City 🇵🇭$389$191Dumaguete 🇵🇭$328$156Siquijor 🇵🇭$326$303Hua Hin 🇹🇭$304$61Davao City 🇵🇭$295$160Cagayan de Oro 🇵🇭$278$160Bacolod 🇵🇭$273$96Legazpi 🇵🇭$263$174Tagbilaran, Bohol 🇵🇭$179$88

Monthly rent, both tiers, all twelve towns, sorted by the online price. Every value is the figure printed on that town's page, at $1.00 = ₱62.686 = ฿32.881.

Rent one month at the local price in Panglao and you've saved $446, more than sixteen times what this book costs.

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A note from Hank

“I'd rather you read a catch on the page than find it after the deposit's gone.”

I started pulling these numbers because the rents I kept seeing online didn't match the rents in the local listings. Same island, same street, sometimes the same building, and two very different prices. One of them is the price shown to foreigners searching from home.

So I went the long way. I pulled live listings instead of quoting articles, checked the exchange rate on the day, and read the visa rules at the source. Every figure in this book carries the source it came from and the day it was checked.

Hank
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What's inside · 139 pages, five parts

Know what the room should cost before you sign.

  • The MapThe two prices, why the month is not the rent, and the twelve towns.
  • Prove ItA ten-day scouting protocol and a 100-point scorecard.
  • How Americans Lose Their MoneyLand rules, deposits, agents and the signing table.
  • The First Ninety DaysVisas, arrival week, and finding a rental without an agent.
  • The ToolkitNine worksheets, built to be printed and written on.
  • 12 towns
  • 139 pages
  • 9 worksheets
  • Edition II free
  • 30-day guarantee
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Questions

Before you order

How current are these numbers?

Every figure is dated on the page, and the whole book runs on one exchange rate pulled 8 September 2026. Rents move slowly; currency and visa rules move fast. The book tells you which of its numbers to re-check, and where to re-check them.

Where do the numbers come from?

Live listings, pulled and dated, with the source printed beside each one. Where a number couldn't be stood up, it was cut rather than padded, and the book prints where. A $90 rent was raised to $100, and a $34,000 beachfront condo that couldn't be sourced was replaced by the honest floor of $44,700.

Will it help me choose a town?

Yes. Every town is priced the same way, so you can compare them side by side, and Part II gives you a ten-day scouting protocol and a 100-point scorecard to run on the ground before you sign.

I only care about one country.

Ten towns are in the Philippines, two in Thailand. Parts II through V apply to both.

What format is it?

PDF, and the workbook is a second PDF set at US Letter so the worksheets print properly. Both download the moment you order and read on a phone, tablet or computer. Nothing ships.

Is this legal or financial advice?

No. Where a question needs a professional, the book says so and names which one. Foreigners cannot own land in either country. Condos yes, land no.

What if it isn't for me?

Email within 30 days and you get every dollar back the same day. No questions and no form.

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