Japan Real Estate

Continuing our conversation with a US based entrepreneur seeking to understand the ins and outs of Japan's property market and how to successfully operate in it.

We speak to a buyer searching for holiday homes in the Japanese countryside - how to conduct due diligence on them, discussing re-builds, renovations, accessibility, local infrastructures, and much more.

The awesome Haley Agra is back, telling us all about her social media work (yes, Tik Tok & personal finance can and do mix!) and the progress of her plan to purchase and lease to US military base personnel, brainstorming the need for a real estate license & setting up of a local property management agency, and much more.

(most of) the Japan Real Estate Experts Panel is Back! This time we go super-casual and off-topic, chatting away about monkeys, games, quarantines stays, border closures, and short term stay management.

We get together with Jason Ball of "Business in Japan" & Mario Long of "Sakura Pheonix" to talk all things related to the intersection between the worlds of business & board / strategy games, in this Clubhouse conversation, preceding our 10-12 December weekend event!

Japan's REI market can often be counter-intuitive in many aspects, especially to those among us who are more familiar with property markets in other countries in the developed world - in this presentation, given at the "Retire Japan" inaugural online conference in November 2021, we break down the basics, advantages, disadvantages and unique challenges inherent in this market for non-Japanese inves...

Ben Shearon of "Retire Japan" returns to the show, to tell us more about personal finance, saving & investing for retirement, and the very first "Retire Japan" online conference on 23 Nov, 2021!

A business call with a new potential client - all about the real estate property market in Japan, how and why to invest, what to consider & how to form a winning strategy.

We look under the hood at our business model, in this business call with an entrepreneur seeking to setup a buyers' advocacy and portfolio management company in Japan.

We join the "Global Chamber" panel of experts for a timely conversation on international trade between Japan, Australia and the UK

A long and insightful conversation with Anna, a young entrepreneur from the US, currently based in Japan, who is looking to enter the real estate professional services space. We talk about experience, relationships, partnerships, and much, much more.

Following up on our re-build VS renovate discussion, this time we focus on the cost and effectiveness of renovations, maintenance & staging when selling properties to investors VS to owners occupiers. But first...MORE GOATS!

The Japan Real Estate Experts Panel jams on the pros and cons of rental properties with/without furniture and appliances, gyms, saunas and other facilities, when it's a good idea to rent out your second home to other holiday makers, company dormitory flats, and much, much more.

We've been asked to mentor (that's a big word!) an awesome young investor from the US, now living in Japan - tune into our very awkward first session, covering the basics, our business journey, and the realities of life in/near the Fuji US military base in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan...

Interview and Q&A session in the "Business in Japan" weekly Clubhouse room

The Japan Real Estate Experts Panel (JREP) talks all things related to renovating and re-building older properties - what can be done, how much does it cost, how to comply with regulations, zoning and much, much more.

Our Japan Real Estate Experts Panel talks about property professionals, why they "might" be worth paying for, why some deals are (still!) done all in cash, and the baffling lack of escrow services in Japan.

Cash or loan? Building or individual units? Locations? Diversification? We touch upon all these, and much more, in this business call with a new client.

The Japan Real Estate Experts Panel (JREP) chats with a Tokyo agent specializing in catering to foreign tenants, running share-houses, short term stay apartments, and monthly stays. We discuss the challenges, perceived discrimination against foreigners, cultural and language differences, and much, much more.

We speak to two winter sport ski buddies from Australia, who are in the market for a winter sports accommodation business in Japan - what's possible (or impossible), how can it be done, and how much does it all cost?

Join our experts panel - Tracey Northcott, the short term stay queen (tracey@enfour.com), Ziv Nakajima-Magen, investment & holiday homes specialist (info@nippontradings.com), Matt Ketchum, the "akiya" (abandoned/vacant homes) guru (matt@akiyainaka.com), and Email Gorgees (emil.gorgees@tokyorealty.jp), our expert on all things related to Tokyo family homes & mortgages, for our very first Japan real...

We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing properties as an individual, as opposed to under a corporate structure - condo units VS whole buildings - portfolio management, tenancy laws & tenant profiles - and much, much more.

We re-visit the topic of leasing Japanese homes to US army, navy and marine corps base personnel - what should investors seeking to enter this space consider?

We break down the distribution of funds over a property deal's timeline - what is payable by buyers, to whom, when and how much?

Fantastic brain-storming session with Tristan Whitehead from Tokyo, who's currently in the process of forming his plan for his dream high-end corporate retreat / conference center / extended family getaway resort in Japan's scenic countryside.