Just like you don't "invest" by converting your dollars into Japanese Yen, just because you think the Yen will increase in value.

I speak six languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, and a little bit of Hindi.I started learning real estate investment since I was very young, learning from my father who invested in real estate across the world. 

You mean like the Japanese in the 80s?

Look up hirei.org - they meet at the Japanese Cultural Center once a month.

Maybe we need to study Japanese real estate trends to get a glimpse of where we are heading?

@Grace Widdicombe  as a mortgage banker I disagree with your thought process on seller finance.although dodd frank is cumbersome and the new TRID laws are really a mess.there is a ton of abuse in seller carry back and that abuse is from SEllers taking advantage of those less educated to know the difference@Aaron Mazzrillo  in the height of the Japanese economy in mid 90s  I was in the timber business in oregon...

Japanese 1991 to 1995 melt down.. for 4 years the Japanese were paying double for douglas fir timber in the northwest... started land and timber company made big bucks selling logs to japanese and creating building parcels on logged over land.6. housing marketing in Northwest 1995 takes off.. get into building subdivision lots for builders.. hit some major homes runs.7. 2001 down turn blip... start back at buying foreclsoures .. and that goes very well.8. 2002 to 2003  buying foreclosures and rehabbing to much work start HML company again and run it up to 35 million.. printing money.. semi retire.9 2008 GFC get hammered to the ground  WHAT RETIREMENT.. rentals sucked real estate sucked building stopped.  

English is my second language, so please bare with me even if my English is so broken.I am 39 years old and have two kids, I am working as a hibachi chef - you know that Japanese grill like Benihana - and my wife is serving in Army.My job is physically very demanding and I have several joint problem so I don't think I can do this that long.I wish I can replace majority income with cash flow from real estate, my goal is cash flow 3000 to 5000 a month in 5 to 7 years and eventually make 10 to 15k a month in 15 years.Unfortunately I don't have any money saved right now but I got a chance to save about 30k in one year while my wife is stationed oversee.

- that's thank you in Japanese.

Let me know if you have any questions...Are there any Japanese podcasts or websites you can recommend for US investing?