It's actually not a surprise because the main cause of the scams is the abundance of cheap money, which you can only get in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan.

I've never attended a meeting because I've been in Japan for he past three years so thanks for the heads up.  

Life in Japan has been good but Hawaii seems like a great next step. 

Not to be taken as benchmark, because we operate in Japan and not the USA, but dealing mainly in condos, we generally only accept empty reserves if they're backed up by a long and verifiable history of repairs/renos etc. of course, if you're local as you say and have interest in turning this around, that's a totally different goal and approach.

I am currently active duty in the USMC, stationed in Japan.

I am a US expat living in Japan, which means I have the difficult task of navigating both US and Japanese taxes and laws.

Considering visiting Japan for a few weeks in 2017.Thanks for any thoughts on maintaining focus when in tough circumstances.

Hello, I live in Japan with my Japanese husband and two children.

No, Don Konipol, you don't understand correctly - I'm a buyers' agent for property in Japan. :)

The reason these worked (sort of) in Japan was because interest rates were very low.