3DK Akiya in Hamada, Shimane — $3,140

Japanese agencies answer Japanese emails. We write to the agency selling this ¥500,000 house in JR San'in Main Line in proper business Japanese and send you everything below in plain English 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 1968, 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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