When you live in a country like China or with a government that likes policies like those of recent Venezuelan vintage, fear of having your assets seized by the state is ever-present.

It turned out they planned to operate a jewelry business out of the apartment and store compressed gas and use oxy-acetylene torches in a 12 unit building.  

Growth here didn't go gangbusters, so there is still a short window of opportunity left to pick up the final vintages from the foreclosure crisis. some neighborhoods have already heated up, but to give you an example,i just passed on a deal in an A hood with a golf course that was going to cash flow.