https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/davidmarriott/activity/ Activity feed for davidmarriott. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:39:55 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 7f33e522ba835299ec4dc71e724b8f66 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4404528-japan-buying-vs-renting/#post-4654463 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:24:43 +0000 Ian and TerryThank you for your feedback.Is Australia not the same or similar? Ie., after 30 years, you would need to renovate or re-build. The building would be too old to hold much value.I am looking at Tokyo, inside Yamanote line as I hear the prices hold up the best in this area.David

]]> dc9b70bda075df494637e6876d580457 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4404528-japan-buying-vs-renting/#post-4654459 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:05:42 +0000 Hi TerryThank you for your reply.The only problem with renting is that rent is dead money. If you compare annual rental costs, say JPY 2,200,000 over 10 years, to a small decline in value of the property, then the rental cost can be higher than property value decline.Eg., for a JPY 70M property, it would need to lose over 20% in value to equate to…[Read more]

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