I’m wondering if the influx of newer apartment complexes near campus has shifted the supply and demand balance.

I haven't seen any monumental shifts in the change in trends talked about here. 

Rent for a few years and convert to primary.Next Step/sHow do we shift while keeping AGI at lowest levels?

I’m still on the first step of learning as much as I can & shifting my mindset.

By the way, from what i read in the street journal, the rental market in many regions is holding strong despite economic shifts, so that could play in your favor as you move forward.What’s your gut feeling on the timeline for scaling up.. are you looking to ramp up quickly, or do you prefer a more measured approach? 

So shift your expectations to most of the cash out and you'll be good and you'll actually start buying deals, versus people who wait for the perfect deal, spin their wheels for 6 months terminating contracts/analyzing hundreds of places, and then eventually burn out and give up. 

I'm out West at the moment, but will probably be returning to Tokyo before too much longer.At the risk of being contrarian, after picking up a couple of investment properties in Japan (one Tokyo, one outskirts), I shifted to a strategy of only investing in the US. 

With this, along with shifting the utilities to the tenants and reducing the management fee to generate an NOI of around $103k, I'd estimate the value around $1.8M to $2.0M

Many online courses are self-paced, so working on it in your spare time is absolutely doable.If a career shift isn’t your goal, you can still learn the "game" through various other means.

I have shifted gears on my plan- I purchased a LTR (A Triplex) in Rochester, NY.