A bit about me: I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, but am currently living in Tokyo, Japan.

Greetings to everyone - from Graham, here in Tokyo, Japan.

I understand I need to take the online mortgage lending couse which I will do as soon as the Olympics are over. ;) I would really appreciate advice of what else I can do to get started, what your thoughts are entering this field in the current economic conditions, what advice you would give to newbies, etc.

The weather is cold and I don't think the Olympics are helping either, people are sat at home watching TV.We are leasing a great condo in a prime location, near two major hospitals (many people work there and want to live nearby), near a major shopping mall and by major highways.

(Silicon Beach, Olympic games, still resonance interest rate and etc).Also i agree that the "things" are way more complex to analysis that just put a fact or two together. 

Like the Olympics, I will ignore the highest asking prices and the lowest asking prices, and take off 100 from the average asking price as a safety buffer.

Joe is at the Olympics getting ready to race thinking about weather, track surface, competition, best shoe equipment and any other advantage he can think of to win the race.  

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You can get a decent 2 bedroom for $140,000 -$150,000For that $570K you are talking about, he could get a 3,500 square foot up-grade house on 5 acres with a 7 mountain view.He won't see as many movie stars on the slopes of Mt Bachelor (we do have some living here), but he will see the US Olympic ski team and the US Olympic snowboard team doing their training.

The last few years I've stayed in vacation rentals in Tokyo and Sapporo, never bought there, but these stays made me wonder about investing there.