7DK Akiya in Koya, Wakayama — $75,732

Japanese agencies answer Japanese emails. We write to the agency selling this ¥12,000,000 house in Ito District Takayama Town Oaza Higashifuki in proper business Japanese and send you everything below in plain English as soon as they reply, with an update from us within 3 business days.

The agent's answers

• ✓Is it still for sale, and is the price negotiable?
• ✓Will the seller sell to a foreign buyer?
• ✓Exact address, repairs needed, yearly property tax
• ✓Can you view it, in person or by video call?

Your report on this house

• ✓ Earthquake code. Built in 1950, before Japan's June 1981 earthquake code. We tell you what that means for this house and what reinforcing it involves.
• ✓What it really costs. Asking price plus agent fee, purchase taxes and yearly property tax, in yen and dollars.
• ✓Other houses nearby. Similar homes for sale in the area, with prices, so you know if this one is a good deal.

And the link to the original Japanese listing, the moment you're done.

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