The deal fell through because I couldn't line up the financing during COVID......God/Universe has a way of looking out for us...As investors, a crucial skill we develop is to take our emotions out of the situation/deal, but that is hard when we have invested a lot of time and money into a deal. 

I have had a lot of success purchasing 5 bedrooms houses next to larger universities and have been able to easily find tenants.

These are the universal elements and actually might not be a bad place to start.

If they can make a decent living, they won't want to leave their families or go where their food, culture, and language don't exist.What is the impact to REI? 

The West Cola/Cayce stuff I could see being popular with University students or medical employees. 

There is no universal right or wrong, it's personal, it should be a strategy that enhances your life not takes away from it.

Australia is a very big country and we have universities all across the country.

I believe they played a role raising capital for these deals, but the language used on their track record implies they played a very active role in the sourcing, execution and sale of the assets, which is very likely not the case. 

“It’s just an entire ripple effect.”Not your ordinary REITDuring the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast interview, Mendenhall told host Woods that he came to real estate after an early career coaching college baseball, a grueling vocation that he said left him feeling burnt out.Mendenhall did his coaching at the University of San Francisco, according to his biography on RAD’s website.

I am a recent graduate of Penn State University, and currently reside in Bethlehem, PA