As a landlord in Japan, and as a landlord in general, your income and risk are linked to the quality of your tenants. Essentially, good tenants lead to good returns and bad tenants lead to poor returns. One reason why Japanese real estate is so popular among foreign real estate investors is because tenants in [...]
In Japan, if you want to buy a property; be it a residential property or an investment property, a family home, or a commercial space- you must first submit a 'letter of intent'. What is a letter of intent? Simply put, it's the document that you submit to the seller that registers your interest to buy [...]
You have either invested in real estate already, or you know somebody that has. Unless those investments were made in the Japanese real estate market, then forget everything that you think you know- it'll make things a lot easier to digest and you'll get up to speed quicker. The Japanese real estate market is a [...]