RetireJapan

Yes, I wouldn't do a buy to let just for the spread. But I'm just buying a place and putting a renter in to pay off the mortgage so in 20 years I will have a house that someone else bought me. I'm doing capital repayment. I was going to to do a 200.000 pounds place but will do a 120.000 pound place ...

I will be registered in shigaku kyosai, if that makes any difference?

ok that's why, I think I could get similar rates if I did variable, but interest rates are going up for sure, inflation is very high at moment, so I'm scared and going fixed. Liquid expat was recommended to me by someone who has done 5 buy to lets and although I've never used a broker before they we...

Has anyone managed to get a loan in Japan from a Japanese institution for a UK property? I currently have a 5 year fixed decision in principle at 4.00% which is pretty bad through an expat broker the lender is a UK building society. I was wondering if a Japanese institution would ever offer one to ...

Thanks for the info, in what scenario could I create a company and get the Uni to pay my salary there instead? or is it impossible?

Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a way to reduce income tax on my main job, which is a full time uni job, by creating a company that runs at a loss and then using the income from the main job to subsidise the losses? Is anything like that in Japan possible?

Has anyone managed to get a loan in Japan from a Japanese institution for a UK property? I currently have a 5 year fixed decision in principle at 4.00% which is pretty bad through an expat broker the lender is a UK building society. I was wondering if a Japanese institution would ever offer one to m...

Hi everyone, I've been working out of Japan for a long time now, but will start a full time uni job in April. I wanted to know how I can reduce my tax (I was in the gulf for a long time, so haven't paid for ages). I am married with a child, wife isn't working. Do I have to formally tell the universi...

A quick update and also big thanks to everyone who helped me out!!! I went from having 0 pension credits to now having 15 years since 2006! So now I will be able to keep paying in and get a full UK state pension yeah! I may even be able to retire in Bulgaria or the Phillipines on it and live in a st...

So if I keep paying my UK pension I should get the full UK state pension, plus my wife's kokumin nenkin and my kosei nenkin. So I am looking at something like 2.5 mil a year?