Japan has kept rates low for a couple of decades which leads me to believe there's more cheap money runway left.All the best!

Because of the large amounts of money that the Japanese hold in their savings accounts, I am interested in marketing my properties in Japan as a mode of investment.

There are also problems brewing overseas in China and Japan.

This becomes a chicken & egg discussion for me.Not to mention the fact that I'm not ready to declare, in perpetuity, that treasuries are "safe".The simple fact is, people will always need a place to live and there is no new land being created, unless you are in Japan or UAE, where they are pouring sand into the ocean!

@Stanley Parsley, im not afraid to make offers or buy, im currently living in japan and moving back to america the end of june, what i am trying to do is analyze properties. example have 100 properties nd then narrow it down to the 10 properties i want to walk to make an offer. 

@Timothy CasallasHey Timothy - I read your profile and it appears that you will be stationed in Japan soon.If you invest in real estate. you may want to look into investing in states with no income tax(such as florida) this will be one less tax return that you will need to file.Also - if you have an account in excess of $10,000 during the year in Japan - You should report it to the IRS.

I've spent the entirety of my enlistment overseas in Japan and Italy so I'm somewhat at a loss when it comes to understanding the American housing market.

@Bill Gulley: I just moved back from Japan about 7 months ago and I was teaching 2nd grade at an International school there.

Just like when I was in the Timber business when Japan was going strong they paid about double for the same logs the local mills were buying for 100 years.. that lasted for about 5 years until their economy crashed but man was it good for those 5 years if you knew what you were doing and could get the logs to the export markets.

Many families in other parts of the world such as Hong Kong or Japan are gracious to have a 2 bedroom place for their family of 4.