RetireJapan

I want to link my Japanese bank with my American Credit Card for automatic payment from the account.

A routing number is needed.

What would the routing number be for the Japanese bank?

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

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We are renovating our apartment before moving in. It pays to shop around. The reform company associated with the real estate agent was going to initially charge us 12,000,000 yen for the changes we wanted. The same changes cost 4,300,000 with the independent contractor. And we managed to get the pri...

We didn't end of bargaining because the place we wanted had already dropped in price twice and because we really wanted this place (and wouldn't have been able to find a similar place easily // if at all)

Update: Our real estate agent was Sumitomo, so they did the legwork of applying for the loan for us. We didn't bother applying for other loans because the rates we got / what we got was good.
Like someone else said--make your estate agent work for the money you'll be giving them.

Update on the update.

I contacted Sumitomo Real Estate because I've been using their Step On sight to look at potential places and because they have an office in Saitama City.

They have an English speaker --- so it's perfect. A local agent, who's lived in this area who speaks English.

Thank you for the above advice. I've been in contact with an agent who speaks English--- through the step on website, they recommend agents who speak English. Only problem is their office is Shinjuku and we want a place in Saitama City. They are fine coming up here to meet us (we don't need to go to...

I've been using the SUUMO sight to look at potential houses to buy in the area we want. (because I find the site easy to use) But real estate agent?? How does that work?? Can I go to one real estate agent and they will show us the properties we are interested in, even if the property is listed initi...

We're considering buying a used house in the suburbs of Tokyo.

Bargaining: 1. Is it done?
2. Do you have experience?
3. Any advice?

We obviously want to get the best deal possible.

Thanks.

DnA

We're considering buying a house in the suburbs of Tokyo. I've read all the posts in the real estate forum but couldn't find answers to the following questions about loans. 1. How much? We're looking at houses ranging from 32,000,000 yen to 44,000,000 (our top). When we go to the bank, what do we as...