There are some outliers (ie law school, vet school, med school, engineering), but for 80% of the degrees, they are useless.How you hold yourself, how you push yourself, and how willing you are to education yourself in your free time is what makes you successful.

Sebastian, I bet she doesn't get through Med school, if she does she'll have her internship where it's easy to wash'em out.Why, because she has a law degree!

Usually a combination of the two.What keeps me motivated are 1) Being able to keep a normal blood pressure as well as cold/flu free without meds and 2) My 'motivation music'.

I have been impressed with the tenant pool,  mostly late 20's/early 30's state workers or UCD Med Center employees that are tired of midtown  rent increases and want a house with a yard but don't want to commute from the burbs.  

It seems that every couple of years, the CDC comes up with a new flu "pandemic" to help get rid of pharmas, or drive populations to doctors to dope up on more meds.

Keep in mind NOT ALL college kids are the same, But if they choose to live in this area, then they are...If your buying in this section all the due diligence in the world wont help you.Now my suggestion is to move away from the "typical" Student rentals, You can still rent to other students Albany has Lots of colleges,  Target  med or law students or even pharmacy, This is a different neighbor hood, you will spend 30-50k more on a duplex, but will have a much easier go at it.Im not saying you should never rent to students, Im saying make sure you word your questions properly and work with someone who knows the area and what you want.

A multinational eduction company, Laureate International is also based here.3) Local Industry - The main industries in the area are sometimes referred as "Eds and Meds".

If you're being serious, it looks like the 22nd or the 29th of October are great for me :D

I'll tell you a little about myself...I'm a public school guidance counselor and my husband is in med school.

I'm still educating myself and if you're in this business and willing to share some education, lunch is on me :-D