Other roommate who speaks Russian told me she left and has severe mental health issues and needs to be back home with her parents.

Not that it matters, but as a family we're in favor of not buying Russian oil at the moment. 

My wife writes Russian obscenities on every HOA check she sends in.

Russian attempts at real estate privatization and farming subsidies in the U.S. come to mind as examples.

Wife's Russian.

Possibly a bar in North Beach or Russian Hill? 

Most American real estate experts (agents, brokers, investors,...) of Russian origin work closely with Moscow real estate agencies and Moscow investment companies.

I have also not played Russian roulette.

:thumbup:Gross leases for operating businesses are like russian roulette, they consume electricity and water, property taxes get adjusted every year, so you're really gambling on A) two line items that the tenant will consume more of (have control) B) property taxes and insurance which you do not--for me, its not worth getting pinched on year 2, then negotiating with the tenant for the entire year just for them to vacate because they can't afford the increase.

I always say owning a property paid off in your own name is like playing Russian Roulette with a semi auto.Even if it somehow sped your growth it's like dangling bait fishing for a lawsuit theft.But sadly nobody around me will listen."