People are doing it, so presumably it works.FWIW, I invested in Japan for a few years, but lack of rent growth, lack of appreciation, concerns about natural disasters, and just general lack of confidence in the J market led me to shift focus only to the US.

Potential homeowners and renters are now prioritizing locations that offer better air quality and are less susceptible to natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and droughts. 

I hope this helps, it can be a great market and we live in a beautiful place, we just have a lot more competition now!

It looks like a beautiful place to live.

Syndications are naturally a higher risk asset class so you should be getting rewarded for taking that risk by getting more return than the stock market.

Beautiful home!

I let the natural turnover happen and as the new tenants came in then I required deposits from them.

If you bought right, you should get natural appreciation to do it for you.

I describe this one as the beauty is in the balance sheet What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Transferring title to a non-natural entity of any kind (IV Trust, THT, LLC, Corp., etc.) will not increase your opportunities for attractive financing and typically restrict you to the private money market (low LTV, premium rates and higher fees).