Things take time and work in a certain way. I have to remind myself of that. The speed at which I want to push forward on getting things going for my joint in Daito does not match reality in some cases. Lining up property management has been one of those things.
It's set up now, by the way.
Everything takes longer than you expect or want when you're communicating over email in a language that you're, at best, a first-year student of.
This is a pleasant surprise! I have phone app subscriptions that cost more per month. (I really need to review my subscriptions again.)
Cutting to the chase, I bought a house in Daito, Osaka prefecture. My offer was ¥5.2M, which was accepted. My total at closing was ¥5.7 million (~$ 38,000 USD), which included real estate agent fees, scrivener fees, city taxes, registration license taxes, and other associated costs.
Adding in the fees paid to the company that managed the purchasing process, I'm at $ 44,000 USD. I'll chat about that later.
Spent two and a half weeks wandering around Europe, specifically Munich, Stuttgart, Paris, Cologne, and Amsterdam. Long trip, probably a little too long to be completely honest. Had a hell of a good time while also getting to the point where I was very keen on having the trip over and done with.
Just going to hit the highlights for each place.
It's been a minute since I've posted here.
Anyway...
To date, 2022 has been pretty low key. Less boring than 2021 for sure. These are the highlights so.
