But we are weird immigrant people (I am Greek and my wife is Russian) and this makes sense to us.

Oil is going through the roof on investor speculation of futures in oil due to the Russian/Ukraine conflict.

Russian spammers drove me nuts.

Any deal based on these very low rates to work financially and are not locked in for the duration of payback (right now I would think 3-year fixed minimum for short-term holdings and 5+ or longer on real estate held for income) turns a child's game of musical chairs into a deadly game of Russian roulette.

I said you are still using a Russian email account for your US correspondence?

I am very reluctant to sell the 3 properties and then hit the road running to find a property to buy, as I have been informed by many very experienced RE investors that this is Russian roulette, and that I should avoid it at all costs.However, I can see it being quite difficult to go to a prospective seller, and try to convince him/her that I need a deal preconditioned on me selling not one, but 3 separate properties before I can go forward with the purchase.

As a landlord you should have a plan for this kind of thing A few months ago a woman walked out on her lease and left all her belongings Her money mongerie landlord threw all her stuff in the dumpster Vintage vanity $2000; Russian made side table $800; 2 Flat screen tvs $500 each; Desktop pc and network $1000; and a whole house more!

@Ben Leybovich OMG, and I know you are a senitive Russian lolA plug to my good friend Ben LBen is an awesome TEACHER and TRAINER of multi family acquisitions.  

So did the Russians, So Did the Chinese What they all had in common at one time they had private property rights until the state decided they didn't.

It's absolutely inevitable.If you believe the Russians, that's going to happen any day.