Thanks Ashish you are a true Champ, appreciate the in-depth information you supply, I have no doubt I speak for a lot more than you know! 

IMO You shouldn’t be in the investment game if you don’t have any money.

I have never heard of such a good rate...12%/2pts seems to be going rate lately...seems too good to be true.

I know plenty of brokers that are killing it, but running a brokerage is a different ball game than just being an agent.As a caveat - "full time" for me is about 70 hrs / week, which includes about 30 hrs of "commuting"  (which usually involves dirtbike or harley trips). 

And it truly is a numbers game and I simply need to make more offers.

When the judge asks how you "know" that to be true, and you say "I was told that" they will look at you with a blank stare.

For individual units, the cap rate isn't too bad at around 2-5%, especially considering the appreciation, but I feel like I have money stuffed under the mattress with the large amounts of equity I have built up in them.My end game is to leave Beijing and move to the SW U.S. when I retire from my current career within the next 5 years. 

Other than to seek true professional guidance and proceed accordingly.

I don't think anyone has mentioned, but you need to make sure you are in the game for the long run.

I started part time and did so for a number of years, and never truly allowed myself to "expand" beyond what I knew I could handle, which is fine, but the true growth and learning comes when you decide to jump full time.