• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You can actually do this in most countries. Public Auctions of homes are for when people don’t pay land taxes so the local auditors repossess them and sell them dirt cheap to cover the amount due.

    • Noobnarski@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      You certainly can’t buy a home in Germany that’s anywhere close to as cheap as the one in japan. Maybe there are some very remote plots of land with a ruin of a house on it, but those will still cost more than 4000€.

      Public auctions around my area usually start at around 150k or more, so it’s just not worth it for me.

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I don’t speak enough Deutsch to navigate their websites for specific examples, but home foreclosures in Germany increased 9% yoy in January 2025, but you’re also correct that property prices are quite high which is the primary contributor to rise in foreclosures.

        It’s definitely highly desirable property given the chaos in the USA, the East, etc.

  • RizzoTheSmall@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    That’s a 3.5k shed with no utilities is probably why. Running power, gas and plumbing to that place would cost more than a town of houses.

    • Comment105@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      A lot of homeless people would love for there to be more “sheds” on the market. US citizens just seem to think it’s better to have no home at all, than one that isn’t up to snuff, so they make sure cheap sheds are not up to code.

  • Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    As others in this thread have said, buying a property in Japan doesn’t extend your Visa or grant you residence in the country. This would be a waste of time if you didn’t already have that lined up. However, there are countries that do. Some have what’s called the Golden Visa program, or Investor/Real Estate Visa program (there are other names, but if you’re doing a search, this should turn up decent results). Here’s a list of some countries that do this, and the minimum amount you need to spend.

    Portugal - Golden Visa
    Investment - €500,000 or €350,000 for lower population areas, or properties that need to be renovated
    Residency benefits - Residency permit for 5 years, with the opportunity to apply for permanent residency after that

    Spain - Golden Visa
    Investment - €500,000
    Residency benefits - Residency permit for 1 year, renewable as long as you own the property, and you can apply for permanent residency after 5 years

    Greece - Golden Visa
    Investment - €250,000
    Residency benefits - Residency permit for 5 years, renewable as long as you own the property, and you can apply for permanent residency after 7 years

    Thailand - Thailand Elite Visa
    Investment - THB 1,000,000 (about $30k USD) for a 5 year Visa
    Residency benefits - Renewable every 5 years with no residency requirement

    Ecuador - Investor Visa
    Investment - $42,500 in real estate
    Residency benefits - Grants you permanent residency

    Malaysia - Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)
    Investment - RM 1 million (about $240k USD) in real estate
    Residency benefits - Grants you a 10 year renewable Visa

    Philippines - Special Resident Retiree Visa
    Investment - $50k in real estate
    Residency benefits - Grants you permanent residency

    When I was looking into bailing on the US, I made a Libre Office spreadsheet with like 70 countries and all this info plus a bunch of other personal requirements for what I was looking for, so some of it may be outdated. Hell, some of it may be straight up incorrect, so feel free to double check it.

    • ___@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Portugal doesn’t have a property based golden ticket visa as of October 2023 due to concerns that it was affecting real estate prices in cities like Lisbon and Porto. But you can still donate 250K euro in cash or invest 500K euro in a local business that leads to job creation (among a couple other investment options). Another option for Portugal is the D7 visa, which requires you to live in the country 6 months the year for 5 years, but requires foreign income of 10K euro per year. Either way, after 5 years, you’re eligible to apply for citizenship.

    • nodoze313@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for the info! I was unaware of the Spain and Portugal options, so looked it up.

      Spain ended their program in January, with application deadline April 3.

      Potugal ended their real estate version, but still has investment options.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    1. ghosts

    2. Chances of being isekaied are much higher immediately after moving to Japan.

    • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      going to nightclubs as a foreigner in japan: everyone loves you and wants to talk to you

      getting a job (other than teaching english to kids) as a foreigner in japan: good luck

      • Trollception@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Ehhh. My experience in some bars was not like that. I had a couple where they where the bouncer clearly didn’t want me inside and I was told a place was closed several times when clearly they were not. It was just closed to me.

        • NJSpradlin@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I was stuck in Turkey for 2 months, for work, a year and a half ago. I remember being told that my group could enter this club in Instanbul, and we were excited to enter, until a black guy of ours joined our group as we were walking up. Suddenly there wasn’t room in the club anymore. That shit pissed me off.

          Racism instead of xenophobia, but similar lived experiences of (witnessing) discrimination I suppose.

  • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Because getting permission to live there is arguibly harder than becoming rich.

    I followed PewDiePie and even for him it took massive effort and many years.

  • Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I’m sure you could find a cheap condemned shit hole in your nearest rural area too. That doesn’t mean that it’s a good deal.

    It’s so cheap because the current owner doesn’t want to spend the money on demolishing the structure before selling vacant land. And if it is still available it is because no developer has looked at it and thought that they could make money on the flip.

      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Do you remember the title of that video? Even if it’s got concrete floors and walls you’re not allowed to cut, I’m surprised if you can’t improve it enough to sell for more than 4K.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Can confirm.

      There’s properties about 2 hours drive from where I am in Western Australia that are unsellable.

      There would’ve been 100 people living in a community there in the past but now it’s just a few old people waiting to die.

      When someone does die the houses just end up being abandoned because you can’t even get an agent to drive out there and put up a for sale sign.

    • Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Tons of places like that in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyltucky, and all over the Midwest US. My girlfriend was scrolling through them talking about selling her house and buying one of those places on a big plot of land and thank fucking Jeebus I talked her out of it. I was like “babe, have you never seen the cinematic masterpiece ‘The Money Pit’ with Tom Hanks?”

      • Wahots@pawb.social
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        2 months ago

        My husband occasionally talks about the same things. There’s no way of making real money out there, and there’s no way I’m living in a small town/city ever again, unless a high six figures job somehow hinges on it.

    • smayonak@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      That place is abandoned likely because the farmer who lived there died or went into a senior care facility. There are houses like this one all over the world in rural areas and I can guarantee two things: poor infrastructure and septic tanks. The reason it’s cheap is because no developer wants an undeveloped lot.

    • Kattiydid@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      The interesting part about a bunch of the homes in more rural Japan is that they’re not actually condemned or shit holes. They’re old and would definitely need some love and attention but their population hasn’t been at replacement levels for a long time and people would rather live in a big city where they have access to all of the things so slowly and steadily the outer Fringe population areas in Japan have ben getting more and more empty leaving perfectly good houses to sit vacant for years. That’s not to say that there aren’t shit holes that aren’t worth the time it takes to go see them but a large portion of them are actually quite nice.

      • smayonak@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        There are no visible electric or telecom lines running to the house which means they have a generator for power And no communication. And it looks like it might not have a poured foundation although I’m not sure about that.

        But the farmer who lived there didn’t need those things. Someone who plans on working from home will need such things.

        • Kattiydid@slrpnk.net
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          2 months ago

          I know Japan is redoing it’s electrical system to have no overhead lines of any kind so when earthquakes hit there’s not live electrical lines dropping on people.
          Either way the point isn’t that this specific house is or isn’t a shit hole, it’s the idea that any house sold for so cheap must inherently be a shit hole. It might be, but the situation in Japan is different than the situation here because of aforementioned population decline and condensation into cities. There are many challenges to buying a home in another country not least of which in Japan is gaining the right to live there permanently, but as long as you do the work to ensure you know what you’re buying and that you can live there safely and legally once whatever works needs done is done, there’s no reason to assume a home like that in Japan is 100% a shit hole by nature. Especially since technology has advanced to the point that power and telecommunications don’t require a direct line anymore to be effective and affordable. Solar power and wireless communication is only getting better and better. Again, I’m not saying that house specifically couldn’t be a shit hole, I’m saying that in Japan specifically there’s no reason to automatically assume it is one. It will have problems but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be worth it if you did your research.