Learned a ton that has translated well to real estate investing which I now do full time.

Needed to hire an attorney, translator, and engineer to negotiate terms and perform due diligence on the property.

They don't want to be in debt for an education that for the most part doesn't translate or prepare you for the real world.  

Right now, there is a TON of Multifamily being built all over the metro, and if you aren’t familiar with the area, there are some interesting shifts that are happening just over the past 6 months in single family—I’m not aware if those same changes are translating to multi.From the people that I have talked to, occupancy rates are leveling off and competition is causing some rent compression to happen.I listened to a great episode of BP yesterday—show 301 with Alex Felice on long distance investing—, which summarizes the resounding thought in this forum “you want to convince people that are better than you to deal with you...so they can bring you up”

period.So given that you are starting from a position of extreme weakness if you end up in court, (translate that to "you will lose no matter what) I'd tell her that youhave reconsidered and will refund all unused rent from the day that the apartment is vacated. 

(I believe the asset manager at the bank wanted to scare me into making a bigger offer- I did not alter my offer).

I have a degree in biology with a minor in chemistry, so my college experience doesn't translate well to the business/investing world, but I love to learn new things! 

A list by state is here: https://www.novoco.com/sites/default/files/atoms/f...It's a small market so I wouldn't think  it would directly translate to a higher price for the land. 

I enjoy reviewing analytics and translating the data into a story.

And that alteration of value moves cap rates, because it must, given that cap rate is simply a mathematical result of dividing the income produced by the property by its value.