In early January 2024, I was living in Hawaii and doing the math on houses I couldn’t afford. Hawaii was off the table — I’d been living there, I have a daughter there, and the median home price was somewhere north of $1,500,000 on Oahu. Oregon wasn’t much better for what I wanted. I was …
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You found a house. It’s cheap. It’s in Otaru. The photos show tatami floors, a small garden, and what might be water damage in the ceiling of the second bedroom. You want to buy it. Now what? The Japanese property purchase process is more formal than the American one in some ways and simpler in …
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No. I could end the article there, but the follow-up question is where everyone trips. So let me say it plainly: you do not need a visa, residency status, or Japanese citizenship to buy property in Japan. You can fly in as a tourist, sign a contract, wire the money, and fly home as the …
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