Investing Goals:After 14 years of building other people’s projects and attempting to save money while living in NYC, I’m now serious about completing my first personal investment and grow my portfolio and ultimately a company (in time) from there.

Have you attempted to get agency debt and had to deal with the 20% student housing hurdle?

It's really unfortunate that your former PM did not enforce standards that they promised you (or didn't document attempts at enforcement).However, you are where you are now.

In 2015 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that properties priced at HK$7 million or less required a 40 per cent down payment, up from 30 per cent – another attempt to cool the market.

Tree trimming can be expensive; I would attempt to add a condition in the purchase contract for the trees to be trimmed off the roof and away from power lines. 

She is growing more and more frustrated at my translations and seeing me progress while she lags behind.I've made many attempts to search the internet for specific Japanese Audio books on RE investing but not much has come up.

In an attempt to make a deal for myself I was considering a seller finance option where the seller got his asking price but at 0% interest.

Getting discouraged all my attempts are falling through but hey number one rule is never get emotional !

Is anyone attempting BRRRR here right now?

They plan for the worst case scenario and always attempt to under promise and over deliver.Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face...Finding a strong operator that you trust and is accepting capital is always the hard part.