And, the breakup fee is a non-starter.

Quote from @Miguel Del Mazo: We have 3 2/1 condos in our portfolio that attract traveling professionals (medical or otherwise) and a triplex that we essentially BRRR'd down to the studs.

The other non-math issues I'm good handling myself. 

The Japanese market is different in that it is a high yield cash flow market, non speculative investing.

As someone who did something very similar to this for the last 2 years - rented out my 2nd private bedroom and bathroom in my apartment (rental) furnished to traveling professionals and medical students - I think it's a great idea! 

Another option is to put an electronic deadbolt on the front door with a non-locking door knob.

The novelty of bitcoin for non-criminals, was finding places that accepted bitcoin to spend.

From there, work with a reliable cash-out refinance partner to continually access your equity, allowing you to keep non-taxable cash on hand for future investments.

Plus you can also use earnest money and even non-refundable earnest money if you want to buy you more identification time.3.

They probably want to be certain YOU are legit.Most of the scams I've seen are by non-owners.