Rent of Studio apartment in the urban areas are shifting at a certain level. Since housing is the basic necessities of life, being characterized by less susceptibility to swings in the economy, you can earn stable income on a long-term basis.

For example, if property price is 20 million yen
Annual rental income is...
0.1 million × 12 months ＝ 1.2 million
1.2 million ÷ 20 million × 100 ＝ 6 %
Therefore, yield is 6%.

If you purchased condo with a loan, group credit life insurance will be set automatically. Therefore, even in the worst case, loan will be paid off by insurance to leave stable income (rent) to the remaining family.

Since you can also sell condominium, like other normal life insurance, you can also have sizable sum of money at one time.

If married couple wishes to spend affluent life after retirement, it is said that they need to prepare 300,000 yen per month. Only two third of the quantity can be prepared by pension. We need extra 100,000 yen per month. In case you are managing condominium, although you have to pay for mortgage, you do not need to pay much every month since most of it can be paid by house rent. In addition, after paying off your loan, all the rent serving as a private pension, covering up shortfall of public pension plan, it will make life financially easier after retirement.

House rent income earned from managing condominium, being assumed as real estate income, can book various necessary expense. It is very common that real estate income get into the red on paper with necessary cost deducted from house rent.

Adding up profit and loss of employment income and real-estate income, total income will become less than employment income. This will eventually serve as tax-saving effect to reduce income tax and residential tax. You can also apply this tax-saving effect to inheritance tax.