We are also fighting the current administration in Washington D.C. over being able to haul coal into ports for shipping coal to China. 

There is a landlord association that meets monthly at Ocean China.

A realtor friend of mine said that money from China was being tighten up and so there were less cash offers in our area.  

***Just to throw in my thought on IE area - Majority of the ASIAN population live in the IRVINE, Diamond Bar, Rowland Heights, IE area and since Ontario Airport will begin direct flights from CHINA/ASIA, I think IE has a big chance to boost in price for housing.

The biggest foreign investments in commercial real estate in the United States last year relied heavily on China.

We ended up selling it to a cash buyer from China for more than I thought we'd get if it needed to be financed because, quite frankly, the cap rate was in the toilet.

I had a roommate from China who always paid on time like clockwork and said paying bills late was shameful, bankruptcy was shameful, and divorce was not considered acceptable in their culture.

That's like saying because China makes so many toys, they make better toys than Germans. 

According to Richard Duncan (the author of that book I mentioned), Japan is never going to be back up, 'cause the same Japanese organizations are outsourcing their Car manufacturing to China (one example) already and so are some of their other industry related operations...Your take on Deflation and Depression is something I support Totally.

The only reason I haven't started investing yet is because I am working as a writer in China.