Throw a dart We have tech companies, two pro football teams, a huge stadium mega dev going up, more talk about the south LA area (think around the Forum) and the purple line going in and more planned over the next 7-8 years, and we will host the Olympics in 2028.

The house had an olympic sized pool that was in disuse and over grown with weeds and saplings!

The above probably wouldn't be true if in Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, etc.

SF, LA, SD, NYC, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc.

@Priti Donnelly yes your right I want to use the equity of my parents house to purchase a 4 unit apartment so that we can rent our house or fix and sell it.I'm just a trainee here in tokyo japan it's not possible for me to acquire anything here because of the rules of our agency, this is my first job and working now for 2 years. this is my last year though, that's why I'm scared because I don't have a job when I go home, so it will be hard for me to be able to get a loan when I get back home. any advice thak you for your advice I'm very grateful that someone answered my post.

Took a look, but I felt like I was being run over by Tokyo.

I do agree it is complex and my CPA has already told me in not going to get REPS because I'm in Tokyo and I would agree it's not worth the fight.

Hi Eric, sorry to hear about this.I went through an eviction a few years ago and this is who i used Eviction Group, A Professional Law Corporation 714 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 753Los Angeles, California 90015Toll Free 800-985-9885Office 213-536-5211hope this helps.

As I've just told a couple of other new BPers - if you're in Tokyo, you might consider looking into the Tokyo BiggerPockets monthly face-to-face meetup. 

The story was great, Olympics, World Cup, economy was booming, then it tanked, currency dropped over 50% killing the value of the investment.