Investment advice please

**Storekeeper** · 30-03-2017, 12:41 PM

Got a Masters degree ... UMUC is always looking for adjunct faculty on the military bases in Japan in various subjects:

https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cn..._HPT_Jobs.html

And Central Texas College also:

Pacific Far East Campus - Employment Opportunities - Central Texas College

**NZdick1983** · 30-03-2017, 01:53 PM

I don't have a Masters... just a plain old Science degree.

Advice much appreciated, SK.

I feel my wife and I, if we work together as a team, can be successful. Cheers.

**Seekingasylum** · 30-03-2017, 02:00 PM

Take a PGCE course and get a job teaching in Europe - plenty of opportunities.

**NZdick1983** · 30-03-2017, 02:08 PM

^ Fuck Europe... even more swamped with problems than here...

**Storekeeper** · 30-03-2017, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

I feel my wife and I, if we work together as a team, can be successful. Cheers.

Did you see post # 100 in this thread?

**David48atTD** · 08-04-2017, 12:51 AM

Why 8 Million Homes Lie Empty in Japan

Residences left empty posing problems across the nation

The population keeps aging and shrinking, but new housing keeps getting built even though Japan has a glut of unused dwellings.

There are various reasons for this anomaly, including decades-old tax incentives that compel landowners who live elsewhere to keep dwellings, even if they are uninhabited, standing instead of razing such structures, a society that prefers new homes over used, and developers who cater to this proclivity and build housing not designed for multiple generations, rendering the value of a used unit virtually nil.
The increase in vacant dwellings, particularly run-down firetraps, has the central and local governments scrambling to address.

According to statistics from the internal affairs ministry last July, vacant dwellings increased by 8.3 percent from five years earlier to 8.2 million units in 2013, growing faster than the 5.3 percent rise in total residential units to 60.6 million.

That vacancy rate represents 13.5 percent of all housing units, the highest-ever ratio, and means 1 in 8 dwellings is empty.

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Dickie ... don't put the majority of your money into housing, have instead, a balanced portfolio of Investments.

Great advice by Storekeeper above also.
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**CaptainNemo** · 08-04-2017, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

Got a Masters degree ... UMUC is always looking for adjunct faculty on the military bases in Japan in various subjects:

https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cn..._HPT_Jobs.html

And Central Texas College also:

Pacific Far East Campus - Employment Opportunities - Central Texas College

Cool, can you fix us up with some Jap birds with a spare loom too?

**lob** · 08-04-2017, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Why 8 Million Homes Lie Empty in Japan

Residences left empty posing problems across the nation

The population keeps aging and shrinking, but new housing keeps getting built even though Japan has a glut of unused dwellings.

There are various reasons for this anomaly, including decades-old tax incentives that compel landowners who live elsewhere to keep dwellings, even if they are uninhabited, standing instead of razing such structures, a society that prefers new homes over used, and developers who cater to this proclivity and build housing not designed for multiple generations, rendering the value of a used unit virtually nil.
The increase in vacant dwellings, particularly run-down firetraps, has the central and local governments scrambling to address.

According to statistics from the internal affairs ministry last July, vacant dwellings increased by 8.3 percent from five years earlier to 8.2 million units in 2013, growing faster than the 5.3 percent rise in total residential units to 60.6 million.

That vacancy rate represents 13.5 percent of all housing units, the highest-ever ratio, and means 1 in 8 dwellings is empty.

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Dickie ... don't put the majority of your money into housing, have instead, a balanced portfolio of Investments.

Great advice by Storekeeper above also.
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holy shit dick, better do some research on this,, sounds too bad an investment based on this post... have said in previous posts ,,,, get in the s e t cant put it strong enough. no tax on dealing profits, 10% tax on div. no tax in uk as uk have tax agreements. when u sleep your bet's are still running, go for massage , same, dining out , same... last year my worst year to date,,, only 7.2% prof.
writings on the wall dicky.

**NZdick1983** · 08-04-2017, 02:20 PM

Thanks Dave, Yes, I've read that article. I'm familiar with the depopulation of rural areas.

However, Fukuoka is slightly unique, as it is one of the very few cities in Japan where the local population is in fact, increasing.

As we all know, Japan's economy has been in the doldrums for the past two decades. A sharp decline in property prices and a severe banking crisis in the Nineties were mainly to blame.

But Japan is getting its act together. Its new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has pushed through aggressive economic reforms in a bid to kick-start growth and end the stagnation.
I'm not deluding myself, or selectively reading...I'm just atuned (obsessively) reading everything I can (good and bad).

Sure, I concede, Japan's golden era is dead and gone... best we can hope for is a slow improvement to the economy, slow but steady wins the race, over boom and bust economies.
Japan is very politically safe and stable for investment/living...

Bottom line is we're moving there for the long-term, not for short-term gain. I'm not expecting any fantasy capital gain on any properties we buy.
(although we will buy a couple cheap 2LDK apartments in Fukuoka city - for high yield return) We will be very careful, rent before we buy our own house.

The Japanese Economy in 2017: Cause for Optimism

Indicators Point to Business Upturn

"In the last quarter of calendar year 2016, the Japanese economy began showing clear signs of an upturn. On December 7, after almost a year and a half of ambivalent assessments, the government released a revised October report on indexes of business conditions and boosted its assessment to “improving.”
Contributing to the upgrade was an increase in industrial production, the single biggest indicator affecting the coincident index. Back in September, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry had noted a gradual improvement in output in its revised index for August, and the trend has continued. The inventory drawdown phase is over, opening the way for ramped-up production."

**Deckwan** · 09-04-2017, 12:19 AM

I wanna find one of these super cheap abandoned places overlooking the ocean somewhere....south of Tokyo preferably.

**Storekeeper** · 22-06-2017, 09:09 AM

https://www.facebook.com/enjoy.scien...c_ref=NEWSFEED

10 facts about Japan that will stun you!

**PeeCoffee** · 22-06-2017, 09:36 AM

SK, a homogeneous population surely has its advantages , eh.

Obviously some nations don't always embrace diversity.

**NZdick1983** · 22-06-2017, 09:45 AM

^ Nope.. not to the extent we have in Auckers... controlled immigration I am happy with... just not 71,000 per year, or 800 per week to an already over-crowded dorkland...

70% of Kiwi agree we should limit the numbers to a more manageable level.. oh well... not my problem anymore... just over 2 weeks now... yippeee!

* and yes, a mainly homogeneous society has many advantages...

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