Renter Profile Builder & Eligibility Quiz

Generate a customized Japan Renter Resume, check eligibility for UR housing and traditional leases, and build your renter profile resume in 90 seconds.

What the eligibility quiz tells you

Whether a landlord will accept you in Japan depends less on your income than most newcomers expect, and far more on your visa length, employer type, guarantor situation and Japanese ability. The quiz walks through those factors in about two minutes and returns a Japan Renter Profile — a plain-English summary of which housing routes are realistically open to you right now.

Routes the quiz checks

• Foreigner-friendly private leases — landlords who welcome overseas residents and keep entry barriers low.
• UR public housing — no key money, no agency commission and no guarantor requirement, but income and savings thresholds apply.
• Standard private market leases — the widest choice, usually requiring a guarantor company and stable local income.
• Company or school-sponsored housing — where your employer or institution underwrites the lease.

Why a renter profile helps

Japanese screening is document-driven. Agents ask the same questions in the same order, and an applicant who arrives with residence card details, employment proof and guarantor arrangements already settled clears screening noticeably faster than one who answers them ad hoc. The profile assembles that information once so you can hand it to any agent, including ours.

After the quiz

Your result is yours to keep and use anywhere — there is no obligation to work with Affarah. If you do want help, send the profile through the property finder and we will search current listings against it. To understand the cash side before you commit, the move-in cost calculator breaks down what you pay before you get the keys, and the renting guide sets out the full timeline.