Some ideas:Become a part time auctioneer associate with an auction companyMeet with investors, offer to bring them good deals in return for a percentage of the equity or a referral feeGet a real estate license now, get into that culture to learn the businessTalk to home improvement companies (only the owners), offer to bring them leads (home improvement leads for windows, kitchens, bathrooms siding etc.) in return for cashThere is a great book that's been on the market for a long time; 500 Ways to Make Money Without a Job, look it up.Put together a friendly joint venture (family, friends associates) to raise money for investments.

This was the time when the culture in India was still that people usually moved out of the house only after getting married.

There have been recent articles about Chinese investors pouring money into rental properties in US suburbs as a safe investment since their own rental market and stock market are in trouble.  

I'm graduating this year but can definitely discuss applications, Haas cultures, and connect you to whomever.

I would even say that ownership in real estate as an investment has become a norm- a culture shift of sorts.

Drive on hispanic areas, they usually have big cabinet and granite shops that are run by some chinese guys.

If so, you might be able to create a better culture than what would normally be found at such a complex.You should follow the previously mentioned advice about the 30 year loans.  

Your asking about Chinese drywall, in a house that will have no drywall.

Maybe its just all Chinese people and they don't actually want to turn a profit, IDK but you can run the numbers of every property on the MLS and they are truly terrible.

I wish that I had invested in the Chinese real estate market when I lived there in 1995.