However, the process was extremely cumbersome, communication was inefficient, and the loan fees were inflated compared to other deals I have seen from fellow investors.We will be ready to begin the refinance stage of our next project in the coming days, as renovation is finishing up and we are screening tenants.

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.  

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. 

The odds of that happening in 2025 are pretty slim.

Very odd to see a 19 year old kid In the real estate investing world i feel like, but the sooner the better.

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.

When you own a couple of units, the odds of there being unexpected vacancies that overlap each other are usually low, but when you acquire more and more real estate, the odds of tenants moving out around similar times increases. 

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. 

C+ we will do but we know it's a net 0 so it's on value of relationship because odd's are we will loose $ on 3/4 of those.

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