Not to worry about being able to go somewhere with the family or not.to enjoy the time with the elders of my family and loved ones because that time is limited.to travel and become more culturally wealthy!

I do pick up a vibe of valuing lifestyle, family, etc over industry, etc but it's hard for me to make a cultural statement or put my finger on what changes there to encourage the wage situation to turn around. 

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).

The biggest thing is you need to know the culture of the college/university and it's housing market.

I have laminate, cultured marble, corian/solid surface, and granite at various locations. 

We meet in Hampton every 2nd Thursday at a Chinese Buffet.

This area is popular among the chinese. 

-no bank loans-. a big reason I am considering this is because currently I am in the ghetto currently and man it sucks with a capitol S for a multitude of reasons. my bills all in run about 700 currently after that I am free and clear that is how we are saving so much, but the stress of living here takes its toll. and I am not willing to move until I own a duplex I would rather eat dirt then not hit our goals and make our dreams come true of truly owning our lives and time.I would just get a mortgage but due to all my income currently being from my GI bill stipend it is not considered permanent, thus rendering me unable to get a conventional mortgage, and due to her culture until we are married. which we are putting off until I am done with school because of how rough engineering is we don't want to get a mortgage in her name. making all other options pretty difficult making this one an actual viable option to do.I have done the math with out saving rate, and how it would increase when we bought the duplex. by doing this we could have two duplexes with large amounts down mixed with my student loans in a working class area by the time I graduate making cashflows well over the amount I need to pay the loans and then some, then use my va loan for the third and rush to pay those student loans off. doing this with at least this first one if I never used student loans again would make my housing situation infinitely better and help us save and invest even more then. and I wouldn't have to sleep with my gun under my pillow every night. so I am really sold on doing it once so far sense I don't have many other options and am in a unique situation.I am really moving towards doing it just this once. and seeing how it goes before I do it again. what do you all think?

I really appreciate it.One more question:  do you have experience with foreign real estate investors, specifically Vietnamese or Chinese (communist countries)?