American living in Tokyo. New investor. Any advice for Japan?

[Chris Nelson]

Hi everyone, new here. 27 years old living and working in Tokyo. I will live here for at least ten years and am looking to buy something here so that my rent payments will be paying off the purchase of my place. Any advice for how a foreigner can buy here? I’d like to grow from there and hopefully by a small apartment building to have tenants and another side source of income for future investments/expansion.

I’ve heard about great loan opportunites here for buying property. But the best loan deals are reserved for citizens and people with permanent residence I believe.

Is anyone involved with the market here in Tokyo?