Most Russians that invest in the US speak fluent British English.If he is planning on working with rich Russians English should not be a problem.  

If you believe everything posted on the internet about South Florida you can be quickly convinced its a third world expensive hell hole where English only speaking folks are not welcome.  

Some are just bad english. 

However, if it were to close for any reason, there is still energy, biotechnology, aviation, business services, healthcare, entertainment etc etc. 

My background is computer science and aviation.

After being involved in real estate for a while, it occurred to me the other day when I was talking to my sister that the words you are using may not mean what you think they mean to ordinary people.  Such as:Cute = T...

I come from mainly an aviation background and became interested in real estate through flying with several brokers.

The things I had to spell out for that guy - and I mean literally spell out, in English - it was just absolutely mindblowing.

When I was teaching English in Korea, I had 10 minutes between class, and I would try to click on the latest email notification.

Bill Gulley Thanks for the English Language lesson - pardon me for poor English language command, it is my 5th language, still couldn't master it after so many years :(The reason I try to make a deal out of this is the way I see it (I could be wrong) is that - with a $300k purchase price PLUS $32k in rent income over the next 3 years, the seller will be getting $332k vs. whatever he could get now no matter what the final selling price is listing with an agent.