I'm not too sure about the actual walls though.

ask questions.also, you have to have money to invest. 

He talks about obtaining private money.

But I didn’t need to worry–they had a lot of money!

Based on the information provided, you can only claim a capital loss when you actually sell or dispose of your REIT investment, not when the REIT simply returns a portion of your principal.

If you don't have to own your own residence though, why not invest the money in a profitable investment elsewhere and rent in Japan?

The deal has to make sense and you really need to know the comps to make sure your investment is going to actually make money.

@Heather Luu first, make it more efficient by only worrying about deadbolts.There is actually very LITTLE additional protection a lock handset offers in addition to a deadbolt.On the properties we manage, we remove all keyed doorknobs and just use passage locks. 

Avantstay's services cost money because they provide value.

They make their money off of real estate agents, but real estate agents are the worst people to make money off because they are highly unreliable and in and out of the business when the market changes.Their target should be the consumer with higher levels that they can subscribe too for data, since Zillow is linked to the MLS now which makes their data somewhere more reliable.