Remember in PE it goes up and then it goes way down.  

Yes, in most markets if you apply a standard finance metric like the p/e ratio, the returns don't make sense to invest. 

It gives you a lot of construction knowledge, the PE is more or less a paper pusher (think review submittals, some buy out of subs, create RFIs, update documents, work on change orders, etc.).

I work for a PE company so everything is class A and on the west coast.....Definitely skewed.

@Gary Booth , I'm a certified PE (structural) in the state of MD, so I won't be able to sign off on anything in FL.

Regards,Josue Vargas, PE

That said, you can't do engineering business yourself until you obtain a PE license. 

Not everyone achieve that.Third, I think you have great goals, and that's a good thing... before going further, please, graduate, find a job, work hard, pass your EIT and PE examinations, get the experience you need to be called an engineer, and while doing all that, jump on real estate or just learn more about it.  

I recently compared the pictures from two years ago with today and there was no detectable change, plus I have the PE seal on it.  

If I invest as a LP in a PE Fund, in which I am a minority partner (less than 5%) and my son ends up working for the GP at some later date as an entry level analyst, does the investment become prohibited?