They also benefit from strong schools, which can be a huge draw for long-term tenants.While you may not achieve high cash flow immediately in these areas, the property values and rents tend to appreciate steadily over time, aligning well with your goals.

One of the first deals I did was take down a 26-parcel deal in a highly distressed neighborhood and listed it on the MLS.

That gets worse as you get farther out of the cityTLDR: values depreciate, inflation has gone basically nowhere in Japan for a long time, the supply of housing is pretty good compared to demand (unlike the US) and that's because of flexibility with rezoning and development, taxes on rental income are high. 

So advice to get the house against him and he will move out on his own is HIGHLY unlikely.  

I have an outdoor pool that easily have 1k+ people using it every season and I never had single complaint due to the water quality.

It's very difficult to get SFR to cash flow these days with interest rates as high as they are.

And for an OOS, I always advise to keep things simple at start, don't get greedy, go for quality and consistency, then work on maximizing monetization later. 

Any MF of the quality and size (50 up) I would have been interested in would have been cash flow negative for the next 5 years or so, even with 30% down.

Some folks are comfortable paying 10X, but you can find those deals all day long.Now, if it was a highly unique and rare property, I'm not as worried about the multiple. 

Those seem very high estimates ^.