We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that CL has
exploded. Flight director confirms that:

>The 2-Belo wrote:
>> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that CL has
>> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>> 
>>> The 2-Belo wrote:
>>>
>>>> The only reason I considered PR as beneficial was the fact that it made me
>>>> eligible for long-term bank loans (such as for a house). You can't get a home
>>>> loan without it. This was the main reason I Took the Plunge.
>
>>> Exception to the Rule reporting for duty, Sir!
>>>
>>> Home loan ... yes
>>>
>>> Car loan ... yes
>>>
>>> Eijuken ... nope
>> 
>> Well, don't keep me in suspense, dude, how did you manage that?
>
>We just did it.  No special strategy was involved ... unless you want to 
>count the befriending of a loan department manager from Fuji Bank.
>
>First time was 1987.  We have bought and sold three more times since 
>then.  We have not always moved up, just sideways to a more convenient 
>location.  We're thinking we have one more move left before we're in a 
>place where we want to stay.  Main point now is a nice house on land 
>larger than 200 tsubo.
>
>As for cars, I have received no-sponsor-required loans from Mitsubishi, 
>Mazda, and Mercedes-Benz since 1983.  I just went in and asked.  When I 
>was working in the securities industry, my company leased a car for me 
>and it somehow ended up on my credit rating as another purchase / prompt 
>payment thingy.
>
>I'm not rich.  My wife's family isn't rich.  I think part of it is just 
>doing good networking.  But, no one has EVER told me I needed Eijuken.
>
>Now, I probably popped the bubble and the dream will be over.

Ah. Networking. That works.

It's odd that I didn't have the networking to get the loans without an Eijuken,
but I had the networking to get the Eijuken one month after applying, rather
than eleventeen.


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