What is the kind of timeline you are looking for also?

Any kind of rental agreement?

Alternatively, your sibling might use a 1031 exchange to defer taxes by reinvesting in like-kind properties, though this doesn't directly fund a primary residence.Other ideas include leveraging a HELOC on the rental properties for the down payment, taking out a 401(k) loan, structuring an owner-financed agreement, or a lease-to-own arrangement.

it doesn't make sense unless it's some kind of short term thing like a BRRRR - is that what you're looking at?

This is why we network with other real estate investors - kind of like what you are doing here!

I do understand the Japan market does not see the kind of appreciation we are used to in the West.

That kind of relationship will help things go smoothly, both in the planning phase and the handoff from when you buy to when your PM takes over.

I am kind of flexible on price point, something under a million for sure.

I would get back to local real estate investor meetups so you can connect with locals to the area and kind of get back in the game slowly that way.

Any local bank that does this kind of financing should be able to approve you as long as you have a good enough credit score and never declared BK.