Starting a Real Estate Business in Japan

Registration of license of real estate business

It is necessary to 【register a license of real estate business】 for managing a real estate company such as mediation of rent or trade of real estate in Japan. What a foreigner needs to manage a real estate company is registration of a license of real estate business.

When a foreigner starts business which needs approval on getting a business manage　visa, he/she needs to get each approval before applying for a business manager visa.

Registration of a license of real estate business is one of them mentioned above. If a foreigner want to start real estate business, registration of a license of real estate is necessary. A foreigner who mediates real estate without it must be punished. In the first place, it is impossible to get a business manager visa without it. 

There are many important points for registration of a license of real estate business such as deposits as security for dealing (or becoming a member of a guaranty society), hiring a real estate notary, and others. Please feel free to ask us about important points.

We support a foreigner to apply for a license of real estate business.

There are many important points to apply for a license of real estate business and many necessary documents. Our office will support a foreigner to get a license of real estate business as professional of application of a license of real estate business speedily, respectfully, and accurately.

※If application is disapproved, we will refund full amount. So don’t worry about it.

Deposits as security for dealing

【Deposits as security for dealing】 are necessary to start real estate business in Japan. These are money to pay consumer’s damage on real estate trade. 10,000,000 yen for main office and 5,000,000 yen for secondary office are necessary. As long as being member of a guaranty society, there is no need to pay deposits as security for dealing. On a guaranty society, 600,000 yen for main office and 300,000 yen for secondary office are necessary. There are two guaranty societies, Zenkoku Takuchi TatemonoTorihikigyo kyoukai and Fudousan Hosyou Kyoukai, and a foreigner can be a member of either one.

Examination duration

Examination duration from applying for a license of real estate business to getting a license is about 30 days after reception of application.

For a foreigner who is in trouble with registration of a license of real estate business

【Supporting service for registration of a license of real estate business】

●We will take care of consulting in advance and negotiating with at a prefectural office.

Verification process at a prefectural office and negotiation with a guaranty office is the most stressful for a foreigner when he/she applies for registration of a license of real estate business. Who is in charge of application reception is Japanese; therefore, it may be difficult for a foreigner to talk about approval with such person in Japanese.

●Full amount refund if application is disapproved

If registration is disapproved, we will refund full amount.

※Except for disapproval because of lying, hiding disadvantageous fact, or criminal act during applying

●Credit card is acceptable.

If application of approval of secondhand dealer is disapproval, we will refund full amount.

※Except for disapproval because of lying, hiding disadvantageous fact, or criminal act during applying

●Credit card is acceptable

We accept credit card as a payment method other than cash and bank transfer.

Our supporting service for registration of a license of real estate business provides all service such as making all necessary documents, consulting a prefectural office and a guaranty society, negotiating with them, and others. For a foreigner, registration of a license of real estate business is not a goal. It is for getting a business manager visa. There will be many problems, for example, getting approved or change the status on a business manager visa, or documents that a foreigner cannot get because of organizational form of a company. A foreigner needs different know-haw from when Japanese register a license of real estate business. Basically all our client needs to do for applying is to sign and seal completed documents.  

※Additional cost, as examination fee, 33,000yen(license from prefectural governor) or 90,000yen(license from minister) is necessary.

Content of service

・Consulting in advance and negotiation with a prefectural office
・Making paper works for application of registration of real estate business
・Submitting paper works on behalf of a client
・Procedure to be a member of a guaranty society