Hey everyone, I always feel the stiffness and soreness in both of my achilles area after each session, and especially the next morning waking up. I wear heel support and stretch every time before I play, but still feeling the discomfort. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal to some of you? What do you do to mitigate this? Any recommendation would be much appreciated!
I'm a US-based investor (originally from Taiwan, living in California) and I own two rental units in Japan, one in Tokyo and one in Fukuoka. I bought both from overseas. There's confusion in threads here most weeks about whether foreigners can buy, how the money moves, and what the US tax side looks like, so here's the whole thing in plain terms from someone who has actually done it.
First, yes, foreigners can buy. Japan has no citizenship or residency requirement to own property, and no foreign-buyer surcharge. That part is genuinely simple.
The money is where people get stuck. As a foreign buyer you are almost certainly paying cash. Japanese banks rarely lend to non-residents, so plan around a cash purchase or financing from your home country. When you wire funds in, tell your receiving bank in advance the amount, the date, and the purpose, because unexplained large transfers are what trigger holds. Keep a clean paper trail showing where the money came from, since it matters at registration.
The closing itself surprised me the first time. You do not handle the title transfer yourself. A judicial scrivener registers the ownership change, and the funds need to be settled and ready on the day, so build in a buffer.
Prices are listed as set. You decide whether the number works and move accordingly, rather than working an offer back and forth the way you might in the US.
On the US side, this is the part I see people get wrong. Direct real estate is not a PFIC, so it avoids the Form 8621 mess that Japanese mutual funds create for US citizens. I report my rental income on a Schedule E and take normal depreciation. Talk to a US tax preparer about the building versus land split, because the depreciation treatment of the structure is a real part of the math. I am not a CPA, just someone who files this every year.
Things I underestimated: management matters more than the headline yield, older buildings can carry higher monthly fees, and the exit can be slower than a US sale. None of it was a dealbreaker, but I wish someone had said it plainly before my first purchase.
Happy to answer questions from anyone going through this now.
Hi I'm fairly new to pickleball, roughly 3 months into the sport and highly addicted lol.
I've seen many people used the rubber eraser block from CRBN and claimed it's great, but for me it doesn't feel like it's that good unless I gave it a serious pressured rub, and the face feels hot after all that friction. I'm afraid it might eventually cause more damage to the carbon fiber.
I've also seen players never clean it at all. Curious how you guys keep the paddle face clean. How often do you clean them and what methods do you use? Or, does it really matter?
Appreciate it!