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Thank you for your reply, I'm glad you could get a loan in the end. I am applying through Mizuho right now - it seems there is an option to forgo the danshin altogether if I can't enter the wide danshin, as long as I can get a decent private life insurance.

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of purchasing a property, and all was going smoothly...until now. I had a transplant 4 years ago and all is well now - I never stopped working, but as all this info has to be disclosed I am freaking out about being turned down for the mortgage because I can't join the...

Hi there, I'm a non-US citizen, resident in Japan. and opened my Interactive Brokers account earlier this year as an investing novice hoping to put some money away for the future, which has all gone fine so far, although the website can be pretty tough to navigate. Now I'm thinking ahead to reportin...

So, I tried TransferWise, and everything seemed to be going smoothly, but the money was "sent back" with the message "Interactive Brokers LLC's bank account can't receive USD transfers." Anyone with experience of using TransferWise, how do you get it sent? What currency does Inte...

Ok, thanks. I'll try it through Transferwise and see what happens.

Hi, is it really not possible to fund an Interactive Brokers account by just using the UFJ ATM? I'm looking to fund mine some time this week but actually unsure of how to do it...

Thanks for the links, they're very helpful. I'm definitely down with the philosophy of the blog, and the list of funds and ETFs is really what I was looking for. Thanks!

Hi there, I've learned a lot reading through the forums, applied for my iDECO, and now I've made the leap into investing...I'm kind of stuck. I have an account with Interactive Brokers (IBLLC for international trading) that I haven't funded yet because, to be honest, the interface is pretty difficul...