The Speakers
Emil Gorgees
A Tokyo real estate agent who specializes in helping foreign and mixed families find their perfect family home. Emil is an Australian, and has been living here in Japan for the past two decades – eight years of which he’s been actively buying, selling and managing real estate properties in the city, on behalf of his own family and a great many happy clients. Emil also acts as a mortgage broker on behalf of his clients
Tracey Northcott
Australian Tracey Northcott of Enfour, Tokyo Family Stays and Tracey Northcott Consulting, is a serial entrepreneur and multi-preneur based in Tokyo, Japan. She is one of the most successful AirBnB hosts in Tokyo. She also runs Software development company Enfour with her family as well as Tracey Northcott Consulting where she helps other hosts discover the true potential of their STR or AirBnb business maximizing their investment, enjoyment and hospitality standards.
LINKS:
Website: https://www.tracey-northcott.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraceyNorthcottConsulting/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traceynorthcottconsulting/
Ziv Nakajima-Magen
Ziv Nakajima-Magen and his partner, Chikako, have co-founded and been operating Nippon Tradings International (NTI) since 2011 - a firm specializing in assisting foreigners research, source, acquire and manage real estate property anywhere in Japan, with a focus on investment properties and holiday homes
LINKS:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/japanproperty/
web: http://www.nippontradings.com
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/japan_real_estate
PodCast: https://podcast05d680.podigee.io/
Anton Wormann
After a fulfilling career as an international model, Anton made Tokyo his home in 2019, embarking on a mission to transform abandoned Japanese homes, known as 'Akiya,' into stunning spaces infused with a harmonious blend of Japanese and Scandinavian design
LINKS:
Instagram: Anton Love Wormann (@antonwormann)
YouTube: ANTON IN JAPAN
Facebook: Anton Wormann
Blanka Kobayashi
Blanka Kobayashi is Director Of Marketing And Public Relations at "Ark Reform" - Tokyo's leading bi-lingual renovation & repair firm, providing comprehensive interior design, renovations and installations of residential and commercial properties nation-wide.
LINKS:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blanka-kobayashi-138954140/
web: https://arkreform.com/english-1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArkReform
Matt Ketchum
Matt’s spent close to 7 years hunting down details and exploring lifestyle opportunities across Japan’s rural real estate landscape. With "Akiyaz", he is working towards building a more robust and reliable real estate data environment, while also offering clients buyer representation and brokerage services to assist in the often confusing akiya acquisition process.
LINKS:
Web: https://akiyaz.io
Take Kurosawa & Joey Stockermans
Joseph Stockermans & Take Kurosawa are life-long friends and co-founders of "Akiya-Mart" - Japan's only interactive, English-language property portal, which collates, categorizes and filters property listings nation-wide, complete with an interactive, graphic map-based dynamic interface, filters and search capabilities.
LINKS:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephstockermans/
Daigo Sato
Daigo Sato is a CEO of SATO Tax Advisory Services, with more than 14 years of extensive experience in Japanese taxation including individual income taxation, corporate taxation, gift & inheritance tax and real estate property related income taxation.
LINKS:
Web: https://sato-taxadvisors.com/english-page/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daigo-sato-9024861b4/
Nick Woolsey
Nick is a US-based relocation consultant that helps people plan their move to Japan on their terms. He lived in Japan for about a decade as a true “salaryman.” With the rise of remote income, it’s possible to avoid this stressful lifestyle. Instead, Nick helps clients fit their business and lifestyle goals within evolving Japanese immigration options.
LINKS:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/japanremotely/
web: https://japanremotely.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083280185411
Alicia Qin Wang
Alicia obtained her law degree in both Japan and the US. She is a licensed attorney, loan officer and real estate broker. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate in the US and Japan, by utilizing creative financing options. She started shifting her focus to Japanese real estate as the interest rate in the US started to rise. Since then, she has acquired several apartment buildings in Tokyo, and helped dozes of investors to acquire apartment buildings in Japan.
Priot to starting her own real estate investment company, she worked for a large real estate developer in the San Francisco Bay area, and a top international law firm, where she worked on numerous cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investment, and venture capital financing.