Good luck with college housing, that's a beast I haven't tackled yet. 

The Bay is a unique beast, and you'll find quickly that a lot of the cash flow rules/ratios you see on Bigger Pockets (BP) are nearly impossible to achieve.

This will make you a beast!

Look, I'm not a standard retail agent, I'm not, heck look at my name, it's "The REI Realtor", not the 1st time home buyer realtor, not the water-front realtor, I am "The REI Realtor", and a lot of REI lives and happens off-market, just the nature of the beast.

Permits are a beast. 

It's important to listen to those who've seen full market cycles of the past - but always go back to the fundamentals.Cost to build and inventory figures will tell you 80% of what you need to know.The macro market conditions will affect your local market conditions, but your local market is another beast on it's own.Listen closely to the media but know that they are two steps behind.

It was very hard but I was a beast and had my beach body.

Jocko is a beast.

The apartment complex is a different beast then single family.  

, and that thing is a beast.