旧耐震 vs 新耐震: What Japan's Building Age Actually Means for Your STR Investment
A few years back, we were evaluating a small wooden house in a Tokyo suburb — decent location, ten minutes’ walk from a station, priced noticeably below comparable units nearby. The gap felt like margin. Then we looked harder at the listing details.
The building was from 1975. That six-year gap — 1975 vs 1981 — turned out to change the entire investment calculus.