Not a very good idea to be looking for a house or land until you are here, best rent a small place then look around yourself as its a buyers market as so much land and houses are for sale.

 

I'm a very white American guy with a ranch in Hawaii (Big Island). Japanese are a large part of the population base in Hawaii, so it seemed a natural language to learn at the university. That being said, I have 2 boys that are 1/2 Japanese (ex-wife).

I have the wife's relatives keeping a lookout for some deals up in the mountains. So far only found one piece of land that was about 5 acres and the price was higher than land in Hawaii, so it didn't interest me in the least... Lots of Filipino land owners are dreamers hoping to snag someone that hasn't done their homework on pricing.