@Charles PipkinAlways always always have an attorney read a pm contractHave an attorney check indemnification language as I have seen contracts where they are also not liable for any acts they do - which is crazyI know my attorney would edit that to except for acts where the pm was deemed liable or responsible.,,,

You can certify today that you will be the primary resident and then lose your job next month and have to move for a new job...things happen2) Have your Attorney review your Note and Mortgage documents to determine if some form of action by you is required should your residential status change...most of the time the answer is no3) The likelihood of a bank putting you in default when they are getting paid regularly is slim though I'd be doing a dis-service if I said they couldn't do that4) There is no "rule" as each lender's requirement is different...some are Self Certification Only, some are 6mths, some are 1yr and some are 2yrs...it just depends on the loan type and issuer...again, the exact language will be expressed in your Note and Mortgage and unless you committed fraud by saying you were going to live in the property and yet had no intentions at all, then most likely no issue exists5) There is no asking a bank for permission in my opinion...not sure if I know of any Residential Status Change Authorization Desk... 

Monthly REIA meeting (Thurs nite), weekly networking lunch (Fridays, Chinese).

KnoxREIA meetings are to real estate investing as learning a foreign language is to a total immersion experience.

Any recommendations on a Chinese-speaking professional who can handle that?

Consider putting debt collection language on all your notices; notifying your tenants you are in fact a debt collector as this latest information is now making evictions fall under the debt collection practices processes as well. 

P.S.I just read through all of her posts on here.Seems to me that whoever that is does not speak English as their first language..

Even if there is language in the lease there's still the practical matter of enforcement.

In Kansas, unless we have certain language in the lease (and it's still disputed) we cannot accept partial payments because we've "accepted rent" for that month. 

Interests of Foreign Countries; Prohibiting governmental entities from knowingly entering into certain contracts; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action; providing penalties; requiring government entities to require an affidavit from applicants before providing any economic incentive; prohibiting foreign principals from purchasing agricultural land, or having more than a de minimus indirect interest in such land, and certain real property in this state, respectively; authorizing foreign principals to continue to own or hold such land or property under certain circumstances, etc.We'll see where this goes...lots of discussions....I've really only heard 4 countries talked about China, North Korea, Cuba, Iran....and probably limiting that to agricultural purchases.Not sure how many North Koreans are buying agricultural land, but Chinese have (6666 Ranch in Texas supposedly), Saudi has in AZ.