To include on the severe inflation side massive governmental debts including up to $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities and the trillions on the balance sheet of the FED while it has been conducting the QE forever policy.On the other side- the dollar is the world's most dominant reserve currency and Japan has had as of now, no severe inflation even though it looks much worse on a debt to GDP percentage basis than the United States.In fact, there are many who will argue that deflation not inflation is the real worry.

I know you are on a boat near Japan right now but are you going to be living in Groveland when you get back?  

When I talk to contractors, agents or property managers and get asked where I live or my current address is, I cringe and reluctantly say I live in japan.

And they scaled them and if you were short we had to pay back if we went long we got more money.My main mill was Menasha the company out of WI.. they had a large export bizz on the Pacfic NW our logs went to Japan, China , Korea then what was left over went domestic..

Here in Japan we're blessed to have a tendency for longer term tenants so I can appreciate your wish to have same!

I spent the last 7 years overseas traveling from Germany to Korea to Japan and ending up in Oklahoma.

Japan has 100 year mortgages, they are paid over generations, they don't really help them much on the affordability side of things and are considered a poor designs by many economists. 3.

I'm currently stationed in Japan and my wife and I are looking to start investing in real estate.

I'm an American living in Japan.

I feel comfortable in Japan, which is a low risk environment, so I look for areas netting around 15% rental yield pre-tax.