So they invest in hot real estate markets like Canada, US and Australia causing house prices to go to stratospheric levels and make it un-affordable for the locals.
In other words, if the chinese investors/CEOs over-pay for assets like a talking cat, that is their problem (and to repeat - a benefit to the sellers).
And now have to pay much higher property taxes, which they might not be able to afford with their current income. For sure, they should be able to sell the property and buy a comparable one cheaper elsewhere (Thus netting some profit) however they're basically being priced out of the property they own, with no real choice. (Issue #1)
Unless they can find a similar paying job wherever they move to (which might not be the case), they now need to face a much longer commute to work every single day, wasting hours that could previously be spent on leisure, with family, or doing work on the side to earn extra money. (Issue #2) The amount of profit they net from the sale of the property might be useful to compensate for this effect, if they're able to invest it properly, and depending on the specifics and market conditions.
(Renting the property will probably result in a comparable outcome to investing the profits from the sale, which might or might not be enough to break even considered the increased commute time)