<< If I have enough money to buy a house or a business, I would buy a house than a business. Some people might say that we should buy a business. Those people may say so because buying a business has a chance to earn more money. But people who want to buy a house including me think so because we don't need so much money, but want to have a big house for our family's hapiness. Now in Japan, especially in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, people live in a very narrow apartment or a condo. Usually, each family member doesn't have their own room, such as brothers share one child room, or mother doesn't have her own room. If you want to have large enough house for each family member, you must pay approximately at least 500,000 dollars. Some famous baseball players or cerebrities afford such a house. But for most businessmen, earning less than 100,000 dollars a year, buying such a house is usually difficult. On the other hand, most workers in Japan are not self-employed. They belong to some companies and don't even think of having their own office. Having one's own office might sometimes profitable but it is risky at the same time. Rather, it is more safe to work in a sound company like SONY or TOYOTA. If you can be a worker of such a big company, you might not earn so much money like successful entertainers, but you can have enough money for daily lives. In this way, most Japanese don't think of having a business. But for most of us, living in a big house is one of the largest dreams we would pursuit for whole of our lives. What I have stated above can apply to most of us. But as for doctors who work in a hospital, they might want a business than a house. In Japan, after we graduate from a medical school, we usually work in an university hospital for several years. This is because we want to have a sufficient skills to treat patients without the help of skillful doctors. After several years practice, if your parents own a hospital, you can work under the supervision of your father/mother. Or in some cases, if you have enough moeny to open a new hospital, you can do as you like. But for most doctors who don't have a chance to work outside public hospital, they continue to work in a hospital like an employed businessman. This style of working itself is not bad while you are young. But after retirement, every doctors have to quit their jobs while private hospital doctors can work until they die. So for doctors who are in their mid 50's, buying a business, their own hospital, can be a good option.