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Stan Brinkman is the founder and lead analyst of Brinkman Data, an independent property research business for foreign buyers. For each client he analyses every listing for sale in their city and budget from scratch and delivers the five worth buying, with a spreadsheet of every listing. Brinkman Data has delivered more than ten reports and published research across Thailand and Southeast Asia, where Stan owns two condos bought with his own money, both published in full. Not an agent; paid only by the buyer.

Stan Brinkman is a Dutch property analyst and the founder of Brinkman Data. His work gives foreign buyers the analysis a sales pitch leaves out: every listing for sale in the buyer’s city and budget, rents checked against real lets, fees, holding costs and resale worked through, and the five properties worth buying. The method works in any city or country where property is for sale.

His 2026 yield-gap study modelled 3,353 Thai condo listings and quantified how far advertised gross rental figures drift from modelled net outcomes once vacancy, management, building fees and tax are counted. His per-area asking-price pulls for Chiang Mai, Bangkok and Phuket publish their sample sizes with every figure. He has put his own capital where the method is: he owns two condos bought with his own money, both documented line by line in public case studies (the second unit, the first unit).

Brinkman Data publishes its five-step methodology and its research library openly, and has delivered more than ten client reports.

All statistics are free to cite with attribution to Brinkman Data and a link to the source page. Sample sizes are published with every figure — please keep them attached when quoting. For interview requests, data questions or fact-checks: stan@stanbrinkman.com.