I invest/live here and am an agent for a property management firm that manages 3,000 units in this area.

Be sure to ask the firm for some references on recent projects and check them out.

China doesn't have a firm grip on contract law quite yet, so the personal relationship with the other party is still paramount.Just my two jiao ;) ...and I could be wrong about everything.

The reason you lawyer made deals is that he knew that your conception of how discrimination and contract law work is faulty.I work for a very large management consulting firm.

Can anybody recommend a property manager firm that has experience in this market?

Therefore, if you don't allow pets, stand firm on this policy and pass on this tenant

In my firm we had a policy for dealing with this and we provided separate agent representation for the seller.  

So they hired a very good law firm to go at it with not only the state but we needed a neighbors portion as well.. the neighbor of course lawyers up..

One of the other things people run into, and our firm deals with this all of the time, people go for the cheaper bid and end up paying more than our original bid via Change Orders.

The Grotes do a good job: https://www.ibuyaustinhouses.com/So do signature home buyers: http://www.signaturehomebuyers.com/sell-a-home/ The website is a formula that has to be assembled...there are a million of these sites out there...you just have to get firm on the elements you want to incorporate.