While I was living in San Francisco, many of the rental properties were owned by Chinese investors.

- Design language (this has differentiated my home in Massachusetts though tastes differ and not all markets are as high earning as Mass)- Do you typically work with the same contractors, electricians, etc or have a network?

I used a PM in the DR because it was just easier, especially with the language barrier and definite distance issues but I did co-host the listing on Airbnb.

Often people set too many goals which always reminds me of the Chinese proverb, “If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.”

This simply means you have language in your lease that states the landlord is responsible for paying utilities up to a certain $ amount (let's say $100 for the sake of argument).

The answer is NO, based on the language of Section 152(c)(3)(A):...an individual meets the requirements of this paragraph if...

Materialism is his love language.

But you do have to put some language in your lease  agreement or lease addendum that deals specifically with issues that will come up for the fireplace.  

There was a glut in wineries not long back when The Australian dollar was high and people who once couldn't get enough of Australian wine suddenly turned back to relatively cheaper and more fancy sounding French and Italian plonk, combined with the change in regulation in the Chinese wine market that killed it as a business drink.

The Chinese got a little smarter and have tried to overlay capitalism on top of it, unsuccessfully.