I've spent plenty of time studying them when I was in school getting an MBA with a concentration in finance.  

The question about if one should invest out of state or not was really outside the scope of my essay.

BSN nurse who later got an MBA.

Post data, how silly, where did you get your MBA Mike?

I'm a sucker for in-depth MBA style analysis.

First off, I want to thank all of you for providing me with a plethora amount of responses and discussions to read and learn from.A little about myself, I am 21 years old, MBA Candidate at a NY school.

I hire people for a living and if I have the choice to hire a 23 year old with an MBA who has never held down a real job but learned a ton, or a 23 year old former franchise owner of a Little Caesars  I would choose the franchise owner in a heartbeat... plus the franchise costs FAR less than the degree, provided income and had equity for him to sell when he was done If your hope in life is to get a corporate job, work 60 hours a week and have ZERO control over anything EVER then for sure go get a degree in something fairly useless...if your goal is to have 100% control of your life and future and want to work when you WANT to work and wake up daily and do what you WANT to do not what you HAVE to do then I would suggest seriously considering a PIVOT in your life.Real Estate is a DOERS game... you learn by researching, listening, asking and most importantly DOING Real Estate.  

@Luke Westmoreland I admired a guy who had an MBA in business who then went to an apprenticeship carpentry program.

I have been listening to bigger pockets for 10 short weeks now, but I feel I have learned more here than in any of my years of attending college or the MBA program, so thank you for making it worth my, and everyone else's, time.

I read a lot of professional research, here are some key points.Freddie, Fannie, MBA, NAR and HPES expect home prices to moderately increase 2023 at about 3-4%.