If the interest rates increase, then probably cap rates would need to increase too in order to stay competitive (P/E for stocks, too)? 

Half of their $4B revenue coming from this one segment, -$0.5B in negative cash flow with a trailing P/E of 145.

it means it's good time to be long too, invest in debt securization that has much more reward/risk and IRR of north of 20% after the spread become normalized.lot of PE funds is buying back its own losing money debts lol ......

Since most government officials are not charged with (or incentivized for) being efficient with money they deem it little priority.As for education, when we have business teachers that have never started a business, math & Science teachers that don't understand much more than the level they teach and PE teachers that are overweight how could things be different.

@Jacob Lapp depends on your long term strategy ..these type of meltdowns only happen once in a while/generation -like any other asset you have to do your due diligence for stocks (look at I.e value metrics such as P/E ratio, etc).. yes stocks are way more volatile than real estate BUT there is no denying that there are many value stocks that are selling at 25-30% discount -my plan was to hold for 1-2 years and reinvest in RE.

Stock market investors who prefer growth stocks generally choose stocks whose p/e ratio is high.

Lots of PE and family offices, but no idea how that compares to South Florida. 

I still teach PE because I love it and am only 54 years young!!

Price/Earnings= [Price per share/Earnings Per Share(EPS)]  Since EPS is (Net Income/ Total Common Shares) and Price per share is (Market Value/Total Common Shares) the PE=(Market Value/Total Common Shares)/(Net income/Total Common Shares). 

While shadowing and doing small tasks for a mentor/experienced investor is invaluable experience, it won't pay my NYC rent :)   Eager to hear the community's input on careers with skills that translate well to personal REI.I'm a CPA in NY and recently left my job as an Audit Associate at Ernst & Young.Some positions I've been considering:Real Estate AnalystReal Estate AccountantMy concern is that most of these jobs are at PE Funds that are so large, I'm afraid the skills won't translate to personal buy & hold investing.Eager to hear from you all!