I can’t lie, I felt a little jittery stepping in, kind of like I was about to bet on a horse race without knowing which jockey had the best track record.

There was this rat race of sellers and crazy bid wars among buyers that gobbled up whatever could be sold and bought on the market.

And like you note, if there is a lot of generic office space available in a market, it becomes a race to the bottom on rents, as well.While you can be close to bedroom communities, most offices also want convenience to amenities.  

(I am a fellow investor offering advice, I have nothing to sell and no pony in this race).

Run your own race.

Then we went and developed langue followed closely by abstract thought and it’s off to the races.

Mark went in and bought a bush hog mower for the rear.

If you want to lend long term debt, you don’t want to compete and be the cheapest on the block (that’s a race to the bottom), you want to lend on stuff that nobody else (or a select few) will lend on and charge a premium for it.

I'm all for seeing others get away from the rat race and have the grit to fight and create their own success story.

I don’t want that for myself; I want to break free from the rat race