All Forum Posts by: Dan Baker

I'm not so worried about it. From an investment stand point 150 thousand people are moving into Tokyo every year from other parts of Japan looking for work or to get better health care in thier older years. The demand for single occupancy apartments are on the rise and due to increase by 30% by 2030. I figure by the time the Olympics are finished I'll be planning to move back to the U.S., and coming back for by annual meeting and checking the status of my investments. 

thanks for the response guys.  

To answer your question Aaron yes you can own property here and with no limitations. Local financing can be tricky,  having to speak basic Japanese and write your name and address in Japanese is not so easy. Fortunately I have a Japanese wife and it makes things much simpler.   The qualification for the loans arent that complicated, in general they don't provide investment financing, but they do however have ez qualifications for primary residences. Provided you have a perminent residence status. 

I'm looking for people that are interested in partnering, funding, or willing to give advise about the tokyo real estate market. 

Anything thoughts are welcome.