Looking to get into some smaller apartment buildings in the near future.As far as the difficulties of investing in Japan, I of course agree with everything said, but in my case I'm at near-native fluency and own and manage my own business separate from anything real estate related so even without permanent residency I've never had trouble getting a loan (except of course I can't get some govt backed ones like a primary residence mortgage) for business or investing.I'll try to get in touch with everyone local to よろしくお願いします。

Your estimate seems low, but even at that cost, it will not add that value.  

@Greg P.have you tried networking, going to meetups, or even starting your own mastermind or meetup for this?

We agreed on a discounted amount and Blue Metrix stated in mid September that they were shooting for the second week of October to cash us out but even if they had to do it out of cash that it would be no later than the last day of October.

Should I go through with taking ownership of the property and try to salvage it for profit or do I refrain from even involving myself in the situation as it may cost more than it's worth to save it?

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

However, you will get a range of perspectives because several here don't mind and even brag about losing monthly.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Not even Balance Sheet.I don't know if they changed their model since the change of subscription plan but it isn't ideal to use it as depreciation or amortization.They do have a balance sheet. 

Sure they paid me both times, but that's exactly what a ponzi would do.Thanks I would be mortified if any of my investors even had a thought in the back of their head that I was running a Ponzi scheme.