Upgrade the unit with some higher end remote fans...I just got one from a japanese company for about $200 that's awesome and contemporary....looks like a plane prop.  

For investment property purchases, there are a couple of banks which will loan at between 2.775%-4.5% with zero down, and most major banks will loan at 1.5-2.0% with 10-20% down, but you need to either be a Japanese national or foreigner with permanent residency status in order to qualify.  

Let me preface my fun complicated times, I currently live in Japan(ex-pat), and trying to purchase an investment property in Springfield, Missouri.Getting things notarized for America isn't the simplest or cheapest(If I notarized closing documents here it costs $500+).Currently the title company that my mortgage officer is going with is requiring my wife(Japanese) to sign a Marital Interest Waiver, if my understanding is correct giving up her right to the property.Herein lies my question, is this actually required by law, and if it is, does Missouri recognize e-notaries?

I have found: class A properties have lots of newer European carsclass B properties have lots of new Japanese/Korean carsclass C properties have lots of trucksclass D properties have lots of POS vehicles.I adjust +/- based upon the mix of the different levels and ages of cars in the neighborhood.I am not saying that the car makes the person, but it is a pretty simple matrix when doing a first evaluation of a property. 

In which case, they would be looking at Japanese w-2s showing employment but no current or future proof of employment.This is my big challenge.I'm afraid that having just left a job and having no recent job history in the U.S. will be tough and leave me presenting to private lenders and the like.If anyone here has any though about what they would like to see from a guy with solid employment oversees, but none now, I would appreciate the insight.Thanks for your advice!

Years later, after Helmsley's death the ground lease was acquired by a reclusive Japanese investor, in the name of his daughter.

I am a Japanese tax payer and since they are not allowed in Japan, I would be stuck paying the taxes here.

Because of the large amounts of money that the Japanese hold in their savings accounts, I am interested in marketing my properties in Japan as a mode of investment.

Well as province would have it they got a contract to build a big condo highrise for a Japanese firm.. the Japanese firm was paying cash 50 mil..

The Car companies are doing what the Japanese do when they "Pull" on the Market, instead of "Pushing."