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 [...]
You may have heard that it can be difficult for foreign residents of Japan to navigate the financial services industry here. From being denied credit cards, to not being able to sign up for life insurance, to banking; we have all heard stories about people being told that their signatures do not look -enough- like [...]
So you want to invest. You may have read a copy of "Rich Dad Poor Dad", seen Warren Buffet on Television talking about his love of Cherry Coke, or you may just be dissatisfied with having your money sat in a Japanese bank account earning 0.01% p.a. Now that you've decided to do something with [...]