Office & Commercial may do 4%-6%3, Most importantly, as a foreign national, you are NOT allowed to buy in China, unless you have a 2yr plus contract to prove to the government that the property you buying is for your own residence, and you will only get a maximum of 5yrs mortgage. 4, I am a Chinese citizen and I am not even allowed to buy in Shanghai unless I have shanghai residency or been working in Shanghai full time for minimum one year, and I am not allowed to by maximum of 2 properties in my own city, Shenzhen.

There's a lot of  foreign Asian buyers over paying, bidding up prices.

I am very interested to start this business as a foreign real estate investor, however, as I don't have thousands of USD to further attend their courses in US, so I lack a mentor to guide me step by step. 

Find a way to make college affordable by thinking creatively (foreign schools, cheap state schools, landlording during school, etc.).