., we have had a broken window (the locking mechanism), someone busted up the queen futon frame, someone took the waffle maker, beach towels go missing all the time, TV remotes gone, etc.People like to put stuff in places they think they should be.

My experience mirrors the saying "one bad apple spoils the bunch".

Since yesterday a company called Nvidia is valued higher than Apple. 

Developers have already started renovating old buildings and turning them into luxurious apartments.Be careful of where you decide to invest though because some bad apples have been coming to the area and causing trouble. 

RE exposure will be there, just not this large allocation that BP thinks. yea and they are not stupid either because they know each local RE has more dependencies to supply-demand dynamics rather than interest rate alone.this is why even for hedge fund, they only purchase in certain area in bay area only like in cupertino or sunnyvale where it's good school district and next to Apple.

The cap rate can help you to do an apples-to-apples comparison in your market.

I signed up for a service that provided leads from TV ads.

People see on the TV shows how easy it looks to jump into real estate.

This is why you really need to review the comp sales versus the subject property to make sure you are comparing apples to apples (or as close to).

Case in point a Guru Carleton Sheets who has now past away (MRIP) sold a  real estate investing course on late nite TV back in the 90's and early 2000s.