In the emotional state she’s in she may not have a rational response but no matter what stay level headed and show respect and everything will work out.

You will still need a good credit score, debt to income ration and monthly income. 

My hope is that 2% may be rational, have equity in the house, but unfortunately have extenuating circumstances that require a fast disposition.

Seems entirely rational to me.

It seems so obvious- but when it was actually happening, I kept rationalizing.

Now, he relies on his metrics, and is able to make more rational decisions.IMHO, the worst thing you could do is view your 3-4 years abroad as an insurmountable obstacle in expanding your portfolio - it's not at all the case. 

Thank you,Tom If two Nobel Lureates can not agree on the rationality of markets, Robert Shiller and Eugene Fama, two completely rational human beings and the smartest men in their field, then I do not see the point in trying to figure out when the completely unrational sides of this debate when they might be right or wrong.

You are approaching an "irrational" market where "anything goes" in a very logical, rational (and correct, I would submit) way.

I rationalized this in my mind with a few things.

[Look up: patience]... ...and, while you are in the dictionary, look up the word "Rationalization".I do have a question, how did you calculate your COC Return?...