Right now I am looking at Japanese real estate and have noticed that there are 2 pretty big Canadian banks in japan, RBC and Scotiabank, do you think it would be possible to obtain a loan via one of those?

Thank you for the refresher though!

A 203k construction loan does allow for new builds  That's refreshing to hear because I've been on the phone with lenders all morning/afternoon and they've informed me that they cannot fund a FHA 3.5% on a ground up (construction) build for a quad or triplex.

I lived in Japan for a few years and would love to host some Japanese kids while also keeping my Japanese language proficient.

It's gets updated when I feel it needs a refresh.

Most likely he will look around and see that it was a nice refresh and dismiss the tag.

@Ned Carey I feel like I am late to the party, so thats very refreshing to here.

Is it a good size now and a simple refresh can make it look new and modern?

Learned a lot and got a huge refresher on several tried and true concepts/ideas.

The easiest part of the project to put off until the end is probably a kitchen refresh, appliances, furniture, and other such items which will go onto a 5/7/15 year schedule if I can defer them until after the property is listed and put in service.