All Forum Posts by: Chris Nelson

Title says most of it.

I plan to buy a home to move into in about 1 year when my current lease is up. This will be my first home/real estate purchase.

Typically I invest my savings monthly. Ive calculated so that my monthly savings from now until purchasing time next year will be about what I need for a downpayment.

Should I continue to do my typical investing until then? Or should I start just holding the cash seperately?

This may not be a big deal. Just curious what others normally do.

@David Gotsill thanks for the info! I've sent you a message.

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?