First, find an apartment that you like. It could be a friend’s place, or just a building you pass everyday.
Then go to a realtor and have them look up the builder, the management company, the year of construction, etc. with that information they can search the non-public database for you, yes, but they can also call around to previous clients and other contacts with properties in similar buildings.
I love cowcamo too but most listings are overpriced as they are recently or about to be renovated. Renoveru is also similar in that they sell post-reno mansions.
Cowcamo has a nice app, but it’s very specifically for flipping renovated apartments – everything on it looks nice because they’ve all been renovated for sale. You might find some good properties in there, but for the most part this kind of apartment is over-priced (you’re paying a premium for the renovation job, which is often meant to distract you from how old the building is, issues with its management / reconstruction funds, etc.) and the renovation will likely be far lower quality than one you do yourself.
The stuff you see on Suumo / Homes is more like the actual housing market – i.e., you’ll see a wider selection of apartments and most of them have not been renovated, so you’d buy it as-is and probably arrange a renovation yourself – but yeah, they definitely suffer from a lot of estate agents having the mentality of just throwing listings on there and never taking them down. Consequently there’s a ton of property up there that was actually sold ages ago, while other listings never even make it to those sites because they get snapped up by agents who have had an eye out on behalf of buyers. Generally speaking I’d recommend using Suumo / Homes to figure out price ranges for areas / apartment types you’re interested in, but once you’re serious about purchasing, you need to deal with an agent, make your criteria very clear, and leave the hunting process to them – they have access to the actual live database of available properties and will find places that you’ll never come across online.
Mitsui rehouse or those developer based companies?
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First, find an apartment that you like. It could be a friend’s place, or just a building you pass everyday.
Then go to a realtor and have them look up the builder, the management company, the year of construction, etc. with that information they can search the non-public database for you, yes, but they can also call around to previous clients and other contacts with properties in similar buildings.
I love cowcamo too but most listings are overpriced as they are recently or about to be renovated. Renoveru is also similar in that they sell post-reno mansions.
Cowcamo has a nice app, but it’s very specifically for flipping renovated apartments – everything on it looks nice because they’ve all been renovated for sale. You might find some good properties in there, but for the most part this kind of apartment is over-priced (you’re paying a premium for the renovation job, which is often meant to distract you from how old the building is, issues with its management / reconstruction funds, etc.) and the renovation will likely be far lower quality than one you do yourself.
The stuff you see on Suumo / Homes is more like the actual housing market – i.e., you’ll see a wider selection of apartments and most of them have not been renovated, so you’d buy it as-is and probably arrange a renovation yourself – but yeah, they definitely suffer from a lot of estate agents having the mentality of just throwing listings on there and never taking them down. Consequently there’s a ton of property up there that was actually sold ages ago, while other listings never even make it to those sites because they get snapped up by agents who have had an eye out on behalf of buyers. Generally speaking I’d recommend using Suumo / Homes to figure out price ranges for areas / apartment types you’re interested in, but once you’re serious about purchasing, you need to deal with an agent, make your criteria very clear, and leave the hunting process to them – they have access to the actual live database of available properties and will find places that you’ll never come across online.
Mitsui rehouse or those developer based companies?