The biggest selling point for me was the people, it's home to some of the most genuinely nice people I've ever met. 

Now you've lost 4 months of rent you are UNLIKELY to ever recover:(So, yes, hire an experienced landlord-tenant attorney.

No language requirements.Really, Russell, if you ever need to know anything, I lived in an Athens suburb from 2000-2007, and I have lots of family over there.

The benefits to using available cash to fund multiples investments as opposed to paying all cash for one investment seem pretty self explanatory, but the largest benefits...especially in real estate...are likely the ability the spread risk across multiple investments and the ability to make multiple investments in a shorter period of time, allowing your cash flow, equity, and ultimately potentially your net worth to increase at a faster pace.To answer your question about traditional financing directly, yes you can obtain a traditional mortgage and put a large cash down payment down, essentially financing 'part' of the purchase price.

But where ever you are going to invest.

Which ever market you choose will depend on your strategy and how involved you are going to be.

Nobody ever went into a deal saying -- I have too much cash.Good Luck!

Nothing will ever even break even only putting down 3.5 % with 8% interest rates.

I don’t know if any realtor has ever read a deed on a property they weren’t personally buying.

I will never ever again rent to section 8, not if landlord has to eat cost for eviction, legal fees and damages; not fair!