You might wonder - what could be cheaper than foreclosed property at a time of collapsing property prices in Western markets? Well there is very cheap foreclosed house & land offerings in Japan, and the wonderful aspect about Japan is that those foreclosed properties don't have to be so far from a regional centre. I bought one for $30,000 just 1 hour from Tokyo, but you can buy them for as little as $10,000 for something 3 hours from a major city. That might seem inconvenient, but unless you are up the far north of Japan, or on the west coast of Japan, its pretty hard to get 'remote' in Japan. The secret I think is to look for something near Nagano , Sapporo, Fukuoka or Nagoya since these are international airports.
So you ask - what could be cheaper? Well I came across this opportunity. A number of country towns are copying this idea, so I suggest you can expect more of this in future. Basically property prices have shot up in the cities, but rural areas have not had the same benefit. As a consequence a number of Australian country towns have resorted to offering cheap or even free land through lotteries in order to encourage more people to live in these areas. Some towns are very remote, say 6 hours from Sydney, on the far Western Plains of NSW. But some are a lot more convenient. The latest offering comes from the town of Avoca. Refer to the program on Channel 7's Today Tonight. The cost of building the average house in Australia is around $110,000. The location of Avoca is shown on Google Maps. The biggest problem might be justifying living in these areas if you don't have the appropriate skills. The best candidates for jobs in such areas are online writers, graphic artists, retiring war criminals (Australia has welcomed a few recently, so don't miss out) and unemployed war criminals looking to turn over a new leaf.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
So you ask - what could be cheaper? Well I came across this opportunity. A number of country towns are copying this idea, so I suggest you can expect more of this in future. Basically property prices have shot up in the cities, but rural areas have not had the same benefit. As a consequence a number of Australian country towns have resorted to offering cheap or even free land through lotteries in order to encourage more people to live in these areas. Some towns are very remote, say 6 hours from Sydney, on the far Western Plains of NSW. But some are a lot more convenient. The latest offering comes from the town of Avoca. Refer to the program on Channel 7's Today Tonight. The cost of building the average house in Australia is around $110,000. The location of Avoca is shown on Google Maps. The biggest problem might be justifying living in these areas if you don't have the appropriate skills. The best candidates for jobs in such areas are online writers, graphic artists, retiring war criminals (Australia has welcomed a few recently, so don't miss out) and unemployed war criminals looking to turn over a new leaf.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
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