However, I have been reading that the Treasury is more volatile than Prime.Is this index more stable or less stable than the Prime index?

Obviously, I'm looking at less volatile / more liquid. 

It just doesn't happen very often and therefore the systems were not prepared for it.As far as weather patterns, humans are very arrogant to believe we know if historical weather patterns were more or less volatile than they are today.

Real estate is less volatile than stock, historically around one fifth of standard deviation compared to stocks.

If you want the portfolio that keeps coming up, the usual portfolio usually consists of 1/3 S&P, 1/3 Bond and 1/3 UVXY/long volatility. 

Investing with a really short time frame exposes you to all the risks of volatility and market timing. 

It’s practically impossible to time the market and I think real estate is a good hedge against a volatile market.

should i sell a portion of my stocks now and keep cash since my primary focus is going to be real estate which is a much less volatile investment?

Being new to rental investing I didn't know if there would be any considerations around market volatility (if there is any) that we should be aware of as we get deeper into our College Rental strategy.

Rates can range, and we are in a very volatile rate environment.... if i had to throw out numbers, i'd say expect anywhere from like 8% (bridge) to potentially 14% (hard money)