Japan already has a lot of semi-abandoned older properties that you can buy comparatively cheaply but the cost of bringing them up to modern standards is prohib

Japan already has a lot of semi-abandoned older properties that you can buy comparatively cheaply but the cost of bringing them up to modern standards is prohibitive due to regulation as I understand it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/realestate/japan-empty-houses.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/realestate/japan-empty-ho...