Getting Started for Investors

Tatemono IQ helps you research, organize, and analyze Japanese real estate investment properties. This guide gets you productive from your first login.

What Tatemono IQ Does for Investors

Tatemono IQ is a research and analysis platform for Japan real estate. You import property listings you're considering, then run a structured analysis across five decision-making dimensions — Financials, Market, Location, Property Condition, and Legal & Compliance — to build a clear investment picture.

Your Personal Space vs. Teams

Every account has two workspaces:

• Personal space — your private library. Properties you import, analyses you run, and lists you create here are visible only to you.
• Teams — shared workspaces created by agents or team admins. When an agent invites you to their team, you gain access to properties, analyses, and shared resources in that team's workspace.

You can belong to multiple teams and use your personal space at the same time.

Why You Might Not See Any Properties

Tatemono IQ does not provide property listings. If your property list looks empty on first login, that's expected — the platform has no built-in data feed.

To add properties, either import them yourself (see below) or wait for an agent to invite you to a team where properties are already shared.

Import Your Own Properties

You can add properties two ways:

1. Browser Extension — browse a supported listing site (SUUMO, at-home, HOMES, and others), click the extension icon on any listing, and the property is imported into your personal space in seconds.
2. Maisoku PDF — upload a Maisoku (マイソク) broker listing sheet to extract property data automatically.

Both methods land properties in your personal space. Learn how to import →

Getting Access from an Agent

When a real estate agent or broker uses Tatemono IQ, they can invite clients to their team. Once you accept an invitation:

• You gain access to properties the agent has added to the shared team workspace.
• You can run analyses on those properties.
• The agent can see your analysis results if team sharing is enabled.

Look for an invitation email, or ask your agent to invite you by email address.

Properties in a team workspace are only visible to you once the agent marks them as published. Draft properties the agent is still preparing do not appear in your view. In your personal space, you always see your own properties at every stage, including drafts.

Run Your Own Analysis

Once you have properties in your workspace, you can run an AI-assisted analysis on any of them. Results are saved to your personal space (or to the team, if the property belongs to a team).

Analyses cover five structured areas called the 5 Decision Layers: Financials, Market, Location, Property Condition, and Legal & Compliance. Each layer generates a summary and a risk rating.

Explore the Map View

Every property has a built-in map that gives you location perspective without leaving the platform.

• 41 POI categories — transit, dining, shopping, schools, medical facilities, and more, plotted on the map so you can read the neighborhood at a glance.
• Hazard overlays — government flood, landslide, and tsunami risk zones layered directly onto the property location.
• Street View & virtual walking tour — a ground-level look at the surrounding streets and walking routes to nearby destinations.
• Walk time to the nearest train station — measured from the property, with step-by-step walking directions to the station entrance.

Why train proximity matters in Japan: Station walk time (徒歩分) is one of the strongest drivers of rental demand and resale value in Japanese real estate. Every listing publishes this figure — properties within 10 minutes command a measurable premium. Use the map to verify the listed walk time and to judge which line serves the property, since different lines carry very different passenger volumes and rental demand profiles.

Helpful Starting Points

Once you have properties in your workspace:

• Investor Profile — set your investment goals and risk tolerance so analyses are calibrated to your strategy.
• Ask Aki — use the built-in AI chatbot to ask questions about a specific property or about Japanese real estate in general.
• Lists — create property comparison lists to evaluate multiple options side by side.
• Follow-Up Q&A — log questions for your broker, record answers as they come in, and automatically apply responses to the property record so your research stays current.

Where to Go Next

• Importing Properties overview — compare the two import methods
• Browser Extension Guide — install and use the extension
• Maisoku PDF Guide — upload and import broker listing sheets