The Chinese are blatant currency manipulators, and will never have more than a shred of world reserves for that reason alone.

That's not to say he's a bad person or any of that, just that his cultural norms/expectations were vastly different from ours.

He had a Spanish accent, so I said "but I advertised in the Chinese newspapers before this, did you see that"?

I chose my broker because I was actually interviewed, they gave me hands on training, a younger culture, and small in size. 

I mostly listen to science, history, culture.

The buyer, realtor, mortgage broker and escrow "officer" are all Chinese and are colluding.

My last "loss" was to a Chinese pop star paying cash who told her broker that she would "pay anything to avoid a bidding war." 

State LLCs, title companies, paperwork turnaround, agent customs, local banks, insurance.... this part was a little like building relationships in a foreign culture - even words are pronounced differently here.

I am a huge fan of traveling the world and exploring other cultures.

The lower half will be leased year-round to an established local community-culture organisation.