From my understanding, at the start of the lost decades, the Japanese were badly burned by property losses and passed their skepticism to their children.

@Rick BaggenstossThe reason i look at the Korean migration patterns is this Asian demographics will more likely migrate to a new city/area for better entrepreneurial and lifestyle opportunities more so than the Chinese & Japanese who are more likely to root themselves in 1 tier world class cities like New York, San Francisco and LA and stay put.

Bud, it looks like your Japanese got censored!

I know in Japan they're very closed off to foreigners at times, but my fiance is Japanese which may be quite beneficial in this case.

I am a Japanese investor, currently living in Japan (born and raised in Japan, but educated in US).

I'm confident most will help you and give you direction in your new journey as a real estate investor.A real estate investor is someone who invests their time in learning and acting in real estate to make money.Just my two pesos.Big HenryPS: There use to be this mall my wife and I use to frequent in Ocala, Florida and in their food court area, there was a Japanese restaurant which made the best Shrimp Tempura...

Here is the link @Michael James Brooks  https://www.carreia.com/    meet with @Eric Metz, he is active in the market, Just make sure he takes you to his favorite Japaneses place! 

Might trim the paneling with a skill saw, utility knife or Japanese saw, it buckles because it doesn't fit properly and the nails should be pulled and re-nailed to the proper fit.

The second is ideally for a Japanese restaurant in the center of a town.

After some research I learned that Pipeline is based on the Japanese kanban board productivity tool pioneered by Toyota many years ago.