I have a rental house with 150K left on the mortgage, I have 200k in an after tax brokerage account invested in cash, stocks and bonds.

Focus on analyzing properties and starting small, like house hacking or buying a single-family home to rent out rooms, while ensuring cash flow and maintaining an emergency fund.

If you are willing to do the work, the landlord can often be the first point of contact with housing assistance.

Mike Lambert above is correct about house values in Japan.

In short, I can afford the additional $1100/mo cost of a second house, even until I rent it out.I have around $35K in HYSA and emergency funds that I could use for a down payment, but that's less than 20% which would be required for a conventional loan, assuming full purchase price.

The houses would be looking at I'd imagine would be about 7 to 800 k taxes would be about 4K hire a year.

You can then block out some time in slow season for a refresh and also indicate your plans in your listing.

Clarify your strategy—whether it's rentals, flips, or house hacking—and build a team of agents, lenders, and contractors.

The reason to have comparables is if you are representing someone or perhaps purchasing a house for yourself to live in.

I think this will even out your space in the house.