American Living in Japan, wants to invest in the US

[David Powell]

Hi

I'm an American Living in Tokyo.  I did my first investment in Hawaii in January.  It's a 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath in Hawaii Kai.  I was lucky as my accountant introduced me to a Broker who also doubles as a Property Manager so I was able to find a great place and ended up renting it back to the owner (Military and their orders changed after selling to me).   Her husband is a contractor so I can hire him if I need any work done.   I'm super happy with this arrangement as it all pretty passive from my perspective. 

I'm still new to investing.   I want to diversify a bit with my next investment and get something outside of Hawaii.  What is the best way to find a similar set up?   Good broker, property manager, contractor?    Is Turn Key Companies the best choice?   Any recommendations?   Is there a better approach? 

Thanks for the input.

Dave

[Alan Sue]

Hey @David Powell! Good to hear more of us from Japan! I've jumped on BP recently and made contact with some people that do it from here as well. There's a monthly real estate meet up in Roppongi, I haven't made it out yet, but I heard it's good to check out.  It's every 3rd Thursday at Brewdog. 

If you search around BP you'll find several others that invest from here to the US, and some that have given up on the US and are just investing in Japan now. I'm more on the investing in the US side, since it's easier for me to understand.

Like most things it really depends on who you know, if you can find a great team then you can go through a broker,PM and contractor. I've gone the route of using Turnkey companies for the most part, since I am not interested at the moment to really do research into each aspect, when I could just research a TK company.