I used to sell insurance and we sold to many chinese customers.  

Chinese family values are obviously different than American, but you asked at Bigger Pocket, which is a melting pot of different ethnicities, so, why would you be surprised, that the answers you received were based on American culture, not Chinese?

I have been following this trend from the first time I went skiing at whistler in 1985 and rode up the chair lift with a young couple who said the hong kong Chinese were causing prices to go up and they were going to wait for the prices to come down..

If the Chinese housing market were to show any signs of going into free fall, you can guarantee there will be a large ripple effect in the U.S. housing market - just as we have seen in the stock market in last few months with concerns over the Chinese economy.  

I occasionally sell for a storefront installation company where the owner is Chinese who's English is not all that good.

Chinese investors are buying properties for cash and leaving the properties vacant!

Mold, Chinese dry wall, structural damage, foundation issues, non-permitted additions, flood issues, etc.I hope this helps.

And yes I do meet a lot of interesting people at the poker table, but these days they are often Chinese with very limited English, although yes very successful individuals.Thanks for the advice.

Then we took things that were unnecessary out, fixed windows, ventilated basement with vents and fans(got rid of bugs), and did what I like to call brewed a batch of bootch, you can PM me for details (Chinese remedy for bugs).

He introduced himself as a Chinese businessman who lives in L.A.