Of course, that could be offset as he works to reduce inflation.

As for numbers, I currently owe $86,151 on the mortgage, and on Zillow it is listed at $143,600 but the numbers seem to be inflated on that site.  

The market is crazy right now and will be for the next 2 to 3 yearsdue to inflation devaluing the dollar, inflation increasing newbuilding costs.

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. 

I can or have already looked up citizenship, residency, taxation, crime, inflation, etc.  

It's an asset that will continue to grow as more and more people and institutions begin to adopt it as a safer hedge against inflation than precious metals. 

Between now and the time you retire, there will be a couple of severe recessions and likely serious inflation. 

My 2 cents is prices are crazy inflated right now, but believe it or not I think it will continue because of continued demand pressure for the area from people fleeing higher cost of living areas and moving there, with access to 87/17.

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Given the next 3 years have 10% inflation?