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Rentals are very reasonable - but buying property is very expensive - at least in KL. I'm in a one bedroom condo in a luxury building in Bangsar - a very affluent neighborhood of KL. It's fully furnished, central air and all utilities, cable, internet included and I'm paying $1,000 a month. To buy the same apartment it's about $250,000. Makes no sense but that's par for the course here. I'm moving into a 4 bedroom house next year with pool, garage, etc and the rental is about the same - of course it's unfurnished and nothing's included - to buy it's in the $400,000 range.
I've enjoyed my first 8 months - people are great, I get laid easily, through Tinder and bars really easy to meet girls. Looks like I'm going to be here long term - business is booming; opening out second shop next month. For visa, if you're from the US or Europe they give you 90 days - then you need to exit and can re-enter the same day if you want and they give you another 90 days. My partner has been doing "visa runs" like this for 5 years. I usually go somewhere nice for a couple or three days and come back with a fresh 90 days. I'm going to Phuket next week for 3 days - $100 round trip on Air Asia who has their hub in KL. Loads of cheap flights all over Asia.
It's very hot but I'll take it over NYC winters, especially last year. You could do worse than Malaysia - so far it's all right by me.
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