Scattered across their floors and countertops are the evidence of their hurried departures: half-packed bags and unwashed laundry, children’s toys and textbooks, bills and paperwork, canned food and loaves of bread, pet cages and, in some cases, the pets themselves.

In the short term, they need immediate help such at food, water, and lodging.Your entitle to your opinion, but I believe most people are compassionate to those impacted by Mother Nature related events whether in is hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, tornados, fires, etc.

It's not a one-size-fits-all answer, but hopefully this gives you some food for thought.Whatever path you choose, I'm here rooting for your success.Jasper & PatTurning investment visions into REALITY in Phoenix, AZ - Ranked #1 for residential real estate growth and opportunity by PwC

@Andrew Frishman - here is some food for thought to get you started: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/11782/84402-how-to-evaluate-a-sponsor Feel free to DM me with any specific questions, I have invested in multiple deals as a LP and as a GP.

I appreciate the food for thought.

I'm in Canada where tuition is different (not as expensive as the US), but the biggest expense I see is what students pay for housing and food, not their tuition (US is likely different).Real estate investing is not passive and not something you can live off.

Despite current unemployment rates maintaining below 5%, the recent rise from 3.8% to 4.2%(recently revised to 4.1%) is significant, especially when considering wage growth adjusted for inflation.Over the last few years, the median household income has dropped by 7.2% when adjusted for inflation (and this isn't even considering volatile food and energy prices), a troubling trend given that inflation has outstripped income growth.

Factors such as competition, food trends, lack of management, ingress etc, can close these stores. 

You can't predict how someone will react to any circumstance.Let me ask you this:Where would you go if you were a hungry lion in the savannas of Africa to find food?

One of my Bizz partners was the President of STauffer foods ( a Nestle company) He would talk about how important it was to personally hear feed back..