I think that's wrong for all parties involved.  

people get stupid when money is involved.

Very involved with good educational groups, workshops and opportunities in the area.

Income property offers some of the greatest upside with the least amount of time and involvement from you but is not a hands-off investment.Continued success!

Problems with the machines are routed to the laundry company without my involvement and I don't have to shell out big bucks for laundry machines.

Particularly on the Maryland side of the border, the state of Maryland no longer allows agents to be involved in the negotiation process with the bank....this has dramatically increased the degree of difficulty in getting a short sale through.

Vincent de PaulOperation HopeUpStream Impact (I plan to start working with them over the next few weeks, and reached out last week - haven't actually gotten involved here yet, but I'm very excited about their mission!)

Is there a deal structure that would allow them to get the tax benefits w/out being on the deed or involved long term?  

This also means that you have to build and maintain these relationships, and as a result you probably should not be involved with anything that can damage these relationships.This article might be quite suitable to understand what to do in order to deal with Chinese buyers, and also a perspective on what not to do.

Prior to deciding I wanted to get involved in Real Estate Investing, I was an at-home-mom, mainly because I don't do well blindly taking orders from a Boss that will under pay me and also day care is crazy expensive when you have more than one kid...