You don't need to be a millionaire to either rent or buy a million dollar house. You do need ~$1-200k down payment, but that's not millions. I have the option

You don't need to be a millionaire to either rent or buy a million dollar house. You do need ~$1-200k down payment, but that's not millions. I have the option to rent part if a house, but I've also lived alone or shared $2k/mo total in condo/town in the same area without a garden. A 600sqft apt in Tokyo is about $700k+, but it's true rents (for ethnic Japanese) are lower (not so much for gaijin)... although you need to own to have a traditional wife/family. You also have no option of living in a 200m sq house in any case.