That would at least tell you how much she earned, albeit somewhat artificially.

I wonder if the cost of college is artificially inflated because of cheap debt, debt that is likely to be forgiven to some extent, and then overhauled.

The idea that COC always gets better as you put down less on an investment (classic leverage) generally holds true in a low interest rate environment, especially in the "artificially" low interest rate environment created by the Fed.

Energy prices are artificially low, and cannot be sustained at this low level for long.

Otherwise it’s a race to the bottom - you can lower your prices as much as you want but you can’t create artificial demand that simply doesn’t exist in that market

Before this, it was up to hosts to pay up at the end of the tax year, which made their gross revenues look artificially high (because they were pre-occupancy tax). 

This is taking a property that could cashflow for someone else down the road and parting it out artificially raising prices on all other properties in the area, the Manhattan Syndrome.

REI is something you have to study just like you studied computer science and medicine.

I don't want to artificially inflate CoC by including it unless you feel its a true cost

I did very minimal updating - paint, carpets, medicine cabinet in the bathroom and I was able to get a market rent price for the tenant-occupied unit.