All Forum Posts by: Walter Ichikawa-Doyle

@Jay Hinrichs, @Nick Brubaker :  Ziv is still a member, but now he has a staff member that does most of the social media for him. P.Donnelly is her user name here on BP. You can also look at their website, nippontradings.com.  

The book on investing in Japan is called, Landed: The Guide to Buying Property in Japan. 

Another good source would be Provident Investments, www.provident-investments.com

You can also email me for further information.

@Francesca S.  welcome to BP, a great place to be!

What Asian market are you interested in? You can ask me about the Japan market.

Best of luck,

Walter

@Joshua Gutierrez  - Welcome to BP!

One option for someone about to go off to college with the funds is to try to purchase a property for you to use while you're in school, and rent out the other bedrooms. I've heard of a few successful investors that started out that way. Your investing in your education while also real estate investing.

Good luck with whatever you choose and keep on getting educated!

@Adrian Valdez 

I can't offer any advice on how to tell your folks you're dropping out of school, but I'll second Chris's advice above about altering your course of study to finish up if it will help. 

I'm not sure how much you've read up on the Investor Visa requirements (sounds like you have though) but just wanted to drop a couple of links here for you as well that might help.

http://blog.gaijinpot.com/understanding-japanese-i...

https://www.techinasia.com/definitive-guide-japan-...

Regards,

Walter

@Berkley Bossard 

Just saw this thought it might be interesting for you in the future.

http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5720-tylers-blo...

Hi @Berkley Bossard ,

Welcome to BP. I'm also in Japan, but not from the US nor in the military. I've noticed though that quite a few BP members are military in Japan. Have you ever sought out any other BP members that could even be stationed on your base? It might be a good idea to start up an investors club as a way to meet and share ideas, experience and education.

Good luck with your education and if you're interested in Japan real estate, let me know.

Regards,

Walter

Most JV's I've seen, 50-50 has been the norm. Some money partners want more because the RE partner has no skin in the game, but if you trust your JV partner, giving them a "fair" share will ensure you're getting quality management. IMHO.

Hi @Glen Underwood , 

I might be able to dig around and find out some details and costs, but seems @Dmitri L.  has provided the basics. Out of curiosity, what's your connection to this demo project?

Walter

Hi @Max Ime  and welcome to BP. I'm based in Japan with my investment properties being here and also in Canada. If you'd like to know more about the most active investment real estate market in Asia just let me know. Good luck with your investment!

Walter

Hi @Richmond Jasper Cu , there are no restrictions for foreigners to invest in Japan and properties are freehold. Occasionally, some properties in the bigger cities are on leased lend, which I would avoid, but for the most part, freehold with unrestricted purchasing access (i.e. buy as many as you can afford).