I'm a 31-year-old Canadian who bought an $11,000 house in rural Japan. Here's why I don't see it as an investment.
Source: Business Insider ·
Andrew Koller visited Japan for the first time in 2023. Three years later he bought a home there and plans to use it for vacationing and rentals.
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Canadian Andrew Koller bought a home in Japan.Courtesy of Andrew KollerAndrew Koller owns property in Canada, but decided to buy a home in Japan after visiting.Koller spent $15,000 CAD on an akiya and spent months renovating it.He plans to visit on occasion and rent it out some of the time.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Koller, 31, a freelance camera operator who purchased a home in Yamagata, Japan, in March. Koller, who's based in Edmonton, Canada, renovated the home and plans to use it as a vacation home. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Like a lot of millennials, I was exposed to Japanese culture in some sense early on with "Naruto," "Pokemon," and "Dragon Ball Z." After that, I don't think my interest really left.Come 2020, I had a bunch of time on my hands like everybody else. It seemed like a good time to finally learn Japanese. I've been learning Japanese with a private tutor since then.Then, in 2023, I made my first trip to…
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