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Your situation · Rented out
C · Rented out, yet uncertain
There are tenants, and there's rent. Yet something keeps you from feeling at ease.
Being able to talk to the management company only in Japanese, not quite grasping the tax, unsure whether to keep holding — across an ocean, these lingering thoughts quietly grow heavier at some point.
Kept to yourself, it won't resolve into an answer. Better to put that hesitation into a few words first.
Start here, first
Do any of these signs feel familiar?
When the thought of “changing how it's managed” crosses your mind, there's usually a specific frustration behind it. See whether any of the following fit.
- 01
Can't get through to the management company
Everything comes in Japanese, the intent of important notices is hard to pin down, and every matter runs half a beat behind — that subtle pressure is quietly building.
- 02
The non-resident-specific procedures keep stalling
Overseas remittance, tax management, dealings with the building management association. When the person handling it isn't familiar with these, trouble that shouldn't happen keeps cropping up.
- 03
The returns aren't going as planned
The income you expected to keep comes in a little off from what you'd pictured. Together with the terms you bought on, something in the whole picture doesn't quite mesh.
If one of these hits close to home — tell us your situation first, in your own language.
Where we stand
First we'll see it clearly — whether changing actually means anything.
Will changing the management really solve the problem? Will you actually keep more in hand? These we'll look at honestly for you first.
Only after that, and only when the improvement is real and genuinely in your favor, will we take it on.
If we judge that changing wouldn't make much difference, we'll tell you so. If taking it on would actually work against you, we won't — that, too, is what we understand honesty to mean.
The trickiest step from overseas
The hard part isn't the management itself — it's the procedures that run only in Japanese.
Collecting the rent and remitting it to your overseas account isn't hard once the process is set up. What's genuinely tricky are the procedures that can only be done in Japan, only in Japanese — especially the ones tied to tax.
Withholding, the tax return, the refund — you've heard the terms, but it's unclear who should do what, and when. Every one of these steps, we handle and move forward in your own language.
As a non-resident, you must appoint a Japan-based tax representative (tax agent) within Japan. From appointment to filing, a single desk in your own language takes it all on.
The specific mechanics and figures of the tax are set out on a separate, dedicated tax page.
What we can do for you
It's not that everything has to be left to us.
Rental management includes the “core management” that's the same as for owners in Japan, plus the “extra tasks” that arise because you're overseas. Among those extras, some parts can in fact be shared by you or someone you trust.
Core management
- Rent collection, remittance, and statements
- Finding tenants and responding to them
- Settlement at move-out
Extra tasks that arise from being overseas
- Acting as the point of contact with the management association and building manager
- Managing the monthly maintenance and management fee payments
- Managing tax payments such as fixed asset tax
The parts you can take on, we leave to you; where that falls short, you hand the rest to us for a fee to match. If the way it's managed ends up squeezing the very income it should protect — that isn't management at all.
Beyond rental use, for a property held as your own home, you can also entrust just the payment of its running costs (fixed asset tax, utilities, and so on).
Beyond the hesitation
From rethinking the management to deciding whether to keep or let go.
Reach us in whatever way feels comfortable
You don't have to go all the way at once — just start with the lightest step.
Light
Just ask one question
Only one question on your mind? Even a single line, and we'll reply.
Medium
Estimate the market and yield
Want to weigh holding against letting go? Leave just a few details and we'll reply, by hand, with an approximate direction.
In depth
A proper one-on-one talk
Whether to set the management right or to see clearly about keeping or letting go — your situation deserves a proper conversation. The first consultation is free and carries no obligation, in your own language, with a real person.
Entirely in your own language · First consultation free, no obligation · Whether to take it on, we'll tell you straight · Handled by a local Fukuoka team
The consultation itself is free. Any management contract, tax filing, or sale that follows will be quoted separately to your needs and explained clearly before any work begins.