I'm incredibly knowledgeable on  styles of homes to the history of the home, I am fluent in English,Portuguese,Spanish, and I dabble a bit in Italian.

I think his knowledge of the English language failed him, but I have no ideas what he meant to say!

What love to understand what this means in plain English.

But I was determined to become something really respectable and socially worthwhile, a college professor in what I was naturally best in school at, English literature.

You can be a recently released felon with limited English, and still make money in real estate if you know what you are doing At the simplest level, you can make money in real estate by buying at one price and selling at a higher price. 

@J Scott  I would add...to the top of that list...find the flight school where they speak English.   

And I have some funny flying stories going into BC.. they speak English but aviation vernacular can be quite different.. :)

I'm a rookie and I'm trying to pick up a multi-unit/english-basement house to in order to save on my mortgage expense and get some PM experience.

For example, how would you deal with leases to tenants who can't read english?

Bryan, a trust is a weird concept derived from English common law.