SERVICES
Think before you sell. Check before you rent.
We don't push properties—we prepare the material for your decision. Real estate consulting in Kohinata, Bunkyo, Tokyo.
DIFFERENCE
What makes us different from an ordinary real estate agency?
The job of a typical real estate company is to broker properties—so the conversation starts with a property. Our work starts one step before that: should that property really be sold? Bought? Should you make a move at all?
Yotsuba Real Estate is a consulting-style real estate company whose representative is a licensed real estate broker and former China General Bureau Chief of the Mainichi Shimbun (34 years as a journalist). A journalist's job is to gather facts, verify them, and convey them in plain language. We brought that method into real estate.
- Where the conversation starts
- With a property (inventory)
- Shape of the proposal
- “How about this property?”
- The goal
- Closing the deal
- Information
- Mostly the good side
- Where the conversation starts
- With your situation
- Shape of the proposal
- Options + grounds, in writing
- The goal
- Conviction (not moving is an option, too)
- Information
- Verified facts, good and bad alike
Note: If “not moving (not selling, not buying)” is the best answer, that is exactly what we will tell you. Brokerage fees arise only when a deal closes; your first consultation is free.
3 FIELDS
Yotsuba's three consulting fields
Inherited-Property Consulting
For a house or land inherited from your parents, we work backward from the three exits: managing, utilizing, or selling. Starting from the inheritance-registration deadline (mandatory since April 2024; three years in principle), we coordinate with tax accountants, judicial scriveners, and gyoseishoshi lawyers to lay out the whole sequence on a single sheet—untangling a succession where feelings and finances intertwine, with facts.
→ The complete guideLooking for a property?Working-Backward Proposals for Business & Investment Use
Group-home properties, company housing, and income properties fail unless you work backward from the purpose of the business. For disability welfare, the golden rule is to check the designation standards (location, structure, floor area, fire safety) before signing—drawing on the know-how of our group's gyoseishoshi office, we propose properties with the full view from opening to operation.
→ Investment & business useLiving in Japan?Housing Consulting for International Residents
We walk with you through screening, guarantors, and the language barrier—in Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Beyond room hunting, we also help you gather and translate the documents you need. For residence-status matters we can coordinate with our group's gyoseishoshi office, so you don't have to run around separately for “housing” and “paperwork.”
→ Multilingual room huntingHOW IT WORKS
How we proceed: Diagnosis → Options → Execution
No rushing. Your first consultation is free.
Diagnosis(first session free)
Start with a single line via LINKA (our AI concierge) or LINE. We listen to your situation and sort out the issues.
Options presented
Based on verified facts, we hand you multiple options with their grounds, in writing. We won't rush you.
Execution
Only if you decide to proceed, our representative personally walks with you through brokerage, contract, and handover.
How fees work
Your first consultation and diagnosis are free; from the second session onward, consultations that do not involve brokerage (i.e., related work other than brokerage) are ¥5,500 (tax incl.) per 30 minutes, only with your prior consent. Consultations relating to a sale or lease we broker are covered by the brokerage commission. Costs arise at the execution stage (brokerage fees, etc., within the statutory limits). Estimates are set out in writing before we begin, and we never bill anything that is not in writing.
Working with our professional group
Real estate decisions involve legal matters and licensing. The Yotsuba group includes a gyoseishoshi office (disability-welfare service designation, residence status, inheritance paperwork, subsidy applications), giving you a one-stop view.
Yotsuba Real Estate Co., Ltd. and Yotsuba Gyoseishoshi Office accept engagements independently as separate business entities (no referral fees are exchanged).
It's fine to start with just one line: “What should I do with this?”
Our representative replies to you personally, and if a property matches your needs, we will introduce it via LINE.
5 min walk from Myogadani Sta. (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)｜10:00–18:00 (Closed Tue & Wed)