• lepinkainen@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Because they won’t sell it to a foreigner. It’s not exactly legal but they won’t sell anyway.

    Unless you lawyer up beforehand.

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      11 days ago

      A lot of these are sold by real estate companies that take 100% commission for customers who just don’t want to pay the taxes on it. They couldn’t care less about if you are a foreigner. The local government however, may place restrictions to prevent you from just making it an Air b&b.

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      11 days ago

      Are you saying this particular house or in general? I live and work in Japan and bought a house a year ago. I actually looked at the property linked or a similar one, but noped out of it.

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      10 days ago

      they do for a lot of them, it’s money going in to their country. Getting the rights to live there is a different matter though.