I'm interested in buying a property. I won't be living in it, but I'd like to rent it out. But I don't live in Japan, thus I'd like to hand the management side over to someone/a business locally. Is there such an agency that would do this on my behalf? They'd need to market, manage check-in/check-out, cleaning, repairs, etc. My wife is Japanese, so language isn't a problem. We'd likely stay in the apartment ourselves for two to ten weeks a year. Does such a rental agency exist?
I tried finding a similar deal for myself (renting a self catering apartment/lodge for a couple of weeks) but this sort of structure doesn't seem to exist (except in central Tokyo). The Rakuten website, by the way, is virtually useless compared to accomodation booking websites I've used in other countries. It seems to say that whatever I want to book isn't available! And it doesn't give any guide prices! It puts me off wanting to go to Japan to ski! There's a lot of money to be made making all of this more foreigner-friendly!!!!
