So I’m have an application in an the agency says I need an ‘underwriter’(emergency contact) to continue my application. It must be a Japanese native who will agree to the following conditions:
1. If the tenant loses the ability to live in a residential apartment by themselves without physical support from others, after consulting with the owner, the emergency contact is required to intervene.
2. If the tenant is unable to continue living in the apartment (due to physical or mental illness), the emergency contact will support the tenant in finding a new apartment.
3. If the tenant abandons the property for over 30 days without notice, pursuant to the owner’s request, the emergency contact is required to check in on the tenant and the apartment.
4. If the tenant causes disturbances to neighbors, the emergency contact is required to direct the tenant on appropriate behavior.
5. Once the lease is terminated, if the tenant leaves anything behind in the apartment and does not properly dispose of those items, the emergency contact will have to take it upon themselves to dispose of those items.
6. In the case of foreign tenants, the emergency contact is required to educate the tenant on the customs of living in a Japanese apartment.
Nobody at work is willing to be on the hook for that. Anybody ever encountered something similar?
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**Has anyone had to have an underwriter for securing a domicile?**
So I’m have an application in an the agency says I need an ‘underwriter’(emergency contact) to continue my application. It must be a Japanese native who will agree to the following conditions:
1. If the tenant loses the ability to live in a residential apartment by themselves without physical support from others, after consulting with the owner, the emergency contact is required to intervene.
2. If the tenant is unable to continue living in the apartment (due to physical or mental illness), the emergency contact will support the tenant in finding a new apartment.
3. If the tenant abandons the property for over 30 days without notice, pursuant to the owner’s request, the emergency contact is required to check in on the tenant and the apartment.
4. If the tenant causes disturbances to neighbors, the emergency contact is required to direct the tenant on appropriate behavior.
5. Once the lease is terminated, if the tenant leaves anything behind in the apartment and does not properly dispose of those items, the emergency contact will have to take it upon themselves to dispose of those items.
6. In the case of foreign tenants, the emergency contact is required to educate the tenant on the customs of living in a Japanese apartment.
Nobody at work is willing to be on the hook for that. Anybody ever encountered something similar?
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I used a Guarantor Company.
So basically what your realtor is telling you (without actually coming out and saying it) is that this landlord doesn’t want to rent to foreigners. Or, quite frankly, just about anyone.
Those terms/requirements are ***ludicrous***. They basically want someone to parent their renters so that they don’t have to actually deal with anything.
Find a different apartment.
Repeating for emphasis:
# FIND A DIFFERENT APARTMENT