I'm 68, I Moved to the Thailand with $920,000..3 Years Later I Was Living in a Slum Begging for Help

I moved to Thailand at 60 years old with $725,000 — everything I'd built over 30 years as a plumbing contractor in Tucson. Three rental properties back home. A clean plan. Real research. I wasn't naive. I wasn't reckless. Four years later I came home with $38,000. $920,000 gone. Not from one big mistake. From a condo flip that didn't work the way it works in America. A pre-sale development that froze $188,000 in Thai courts. A business partner named Preston who disappeared to Cambodia with $94,000. And a 24-year-old woman named Nanthida who I still don't fully know how to feel about. This is the full story. Every number. Every decision. Every moment I did my due diligence and still got it wrong. And the seven lessons I wish someone had told me before I ever got on that plane. I'm 68 now. Back in Tucson. Working. Rebuilding. About 30% of the way back to where I was. If you're thinking about retiring to Thailand with your life savings — you need to hear every word of this before you book that ticket. Have you been through something like this? Or are you planning a move abroad? Tell me below — I read every comment.