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This guide explains how to effectively request repairs from your management company when water leaks, equipment failures, or roof leaks occur in your rental home. Learn what to communicate and how to communicate it, how to keep records, how to think about cost responsibility, and what to do if your management company is slow to respond—all explained in detail by rental property professionals.
Learn how to record initial meter readings for electricity, gas, and water on move-in day, and photograph any marks or dirt in your apartment. A rental property expert explains in detail the documentation methods you should perform right after moving in to prevent unfair charges when you move out.
A comprehensive list of documents required for rental apartment applications, with detailed explanations of how to obtain each document—including income proof, employment certification, resident registration, and seal certificate—along with validity periods and important notes. Includes a preparation checklist to prevent application delays due to missing or incomplete documents.
Explanation of risks you should know when asked to be a joint guarantor for a rental contract. We provide detailed expert insights into the differences between joint guarantors and simple guarantors, the actual scope of legal responsibility you'll bear, matters to confirm before accepting, and appropriate ways to decline when asked.
Complete guide to opening electricity, gas, and water when starting to live alone. Covers advance application methods, attending opening appointments, selecting an internet provider, and choosing affordable electricity companies — all essential steps for your first day as a renter.
Explains the common obstacles seniors face when renting—including approval barriers, guarantor issues, and contractual considerations. Also introduces available programs: the housing safety net system, premium rental housing for seniors, and monitored housing services.
Explains the decision criteria for sheltering in place versus using evacuation centers after a major earthquake for renters. Covers practical methods for confirming building safety, handling utility outages, necessary stockpile items for sheltering in place, and when to use evacuation centers.
For those living alone while repaying scholarships, this guide explains how to choose rent affordably, simulate repayment scenarios, and balance both through budgeting. It covers practical tips on appropriate rent levels by repayment amount, deferment programs, and timing for early repayment.
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A comprehensive comparison of rental areas in Okayama and Hiroshima. This guide explains rent prices, transportation access, living environments, and representative residential areas in both cities to support property selection for those considering relocating or transferring to the Chugoku region.
A guide for welfare recipients finding rental properties: how to confirm housing assistance limits by region, understand the proxy payment system where the welfare office pays landlords directly, access property referral and entry support through welfare offices, and utilize public housing and Safety Net Housing that don't require joint guarantors. This guide also clarifies the difference between housing assistance and housing security benefits (a separate program).
Compare rental guarantor companies serving foreign residents (GTN, Casa, Nihon Safety, Zenhoren, and more) across multilingual support, approval criteria, guarantee fees, and available languages. Real estate experts explain visa-status-specific approval strategies and how to leverage guarantor companies to pass rental screening.
Explaining the impact that mandatory "reasonable accommodation" for private businesses since 2024 has had on the rental market. From how to find wheelchair-accessible properties, negotiating housing modifications at move-in, the legal basis for original-condition restoration exemptions, the safety-net housing program, to housing modification cost subsidies for intensive home care users—a real estate specialist provides detailed guidance on the systems supporting people with disabilities in rental housing.
