Personally, I gained a lot of my own work ethic by watching a friend of mine in college--a Japanese exchange student--work 12-16 hour days 7 days a week to get a 4.0 GPA in biology (in a language that was foreign to him, no less!)

@Michael L. that might benefit you if you are a professional trader and have trader tax status so you would be able to deduct losses that would be regarded as ordinary rather than capital.

Now, that is fine for a private day trader in the stock market, but mortgages are not stocks or bonds in an efficient market.

Then Covid and weather locked down Canadian mills.Crude went up due to Russia and traders bidding up.C.

I'm more of an options trader, but am looking to getting into other businesses as well.

Better yet, get on Chipotle and Trader Joe’s websites and see where their newest stores are besides major cities.

If so that can be collateralizedIf not why not get a loan from a Japanese bank?

Upshot #3OPEN may present opportunity for equities traders via PUT contracts.

I can chat or mail you details but basically they lie about so much of their buildings that many banks won't deal with them anymore.There are more reputable brokers who work with foreigners  (or if you speak Japanese many more) the ones I know are all Tokyo based but happy to recommend a few.

According to Edith Reads, a professional investment writer, stock trader, and personal finance coach, “For one, it’s a great way to live rent-free or for very cheap.