Good advice from darren
Just another though
I have lived and owrked in Malaysia for 2 years, so know things quite well over htere.
There is no way to avoid tax, it is from source.
BUT
They have a "my second home" scheme which means that you can basically get residency if you buy a prpoeryt over ehtere.
that allows you to invets in a state pension
This means that you can invest some of the rental income (11%) into the pension and it is tax excempt
Not going to make you a millionaire, but helped me out to the tune of 10,000 a year while I was there
