Only international investors will get this one ;)

There's actually a pic attached, but for some reason it doesn't show…not sure if it's the new website or me, one of us is having a blond moment?..trying again…

Here's the link to it (not advertising, mods, just can't get the pic up otherwise)-

http://www.nippontradings.com/global-real-estate-property-overseas/

One property at a time, mate. once you have enough stable income to diversify and take on some risk, you can make some serious hyper-jumps (and hyper-falls, but then you can handle them).

I know where you're coming from, most people hate it lol, but, truth be told, I enjoy the deal mining, spread-sheeting, negotiation, multiple portfolio management etc etc far more than the hands-on walking, inspecting, interviewing tenants, contractors, renovators, PMs, etc etc…that's one of the reasons Japan appeals to me so much- you can actually do it safely and remotely there, and the HOAs (housing companies, as they're called there) actually do their jobs properly.

I've got a good super-reliable and professional team on the ground, which leaves me free to focus on the "virtual" side of the portfolios- and I really do not need to attend in person at all. In fact, because we only source tenanted properties (unless specifically instructed otherwise), and the law in Japan forbids anyone from entering a property when it's tenanted, all I can do when I do attend in person is get a feel for the area and the building, surrounds, etc- which I only need to do when I expand to new areas or show investors around. I actually thrive in that "paperwork/email/Skype/phone" environment, and it enables me to provide better service to a large number of clients at any given moment. That, and the best Japanese partner anyone could hope for

Of course, when I'm shopping for personal use or holiday let properties things are totally different. Then I buy vacant and do visit in person, more than once, supervise spruces if required, etc etc. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Not so fast, he still needs to sort the signature not appearing on new posts things. My poor little fingers have had enough copy and pasting to last them three lifetimes…

Been feeling like this more and more as of late…anybody else sympathize? :D