He did not try to address us in English once. 

My client couldn't speak English and had to use an interpreter to close the transaction. 

Him being an immigrant (bad english, tough understanding of paperwork behind the business, etc) he never checked credits or anything of this nature.

, and the crew members aren't fluent English speakers. 

They systematically forced all of the the tenants to move, then rented only to Russian speaking recent immigrants who did not know English and did not know American norms or tenant rights. 

Recently reaching age 42 I realize the need to leverage my strengths: speaking English, Spanish, Italian, possessing a class B CDL, computer graphics experience, tech savvy, verbal communication, and writing skills rather than rely on the low ROI of ditch digging.

Yes ROI is higher outside CA, risks are different and you need to learn the pros and cons.I started investi on OOS in 2008, I had only $80k, barely spoke English, knew nobody in USA and nobody wanted to lend me money because I'm Canadian and had no credit score here at that time.

He opened it, and in badly written English it said "Obey the law."

This would include at a minimum; 6 or so semester hours of introductory accounting, an introductory class on business finance, the two basic classes in economics and at least two or three classes in English and composition.In addition I think everyone should know how to paint-looks easy but forget about the prep and you can waste a lot of time.

If I need a respray within 6 months, it's only $75 (not bad).I have a feeling I am going to run into a language barrier issue- one side is Hispanic and speak very little English, and there are quite a few things that the tenants have to do to prepare for tomorrow (dry all their clothes, vacuum, etc.) and I'm worried they won't listen to my wife and the treatments will be useless.