On paper I would be hard-pressed to find a link between that field of study and REI, but in my case it's easy to find a connection when I trace where my studies took me.Studying Japanese led me to Japan, as a college student and then later as a 'real' adult. 

My wife and I visited Japan for the first time last September and fell in love with the country and your city.Your question is timely as I'm in the process of writing an article for my investors about the near-term impact of COVID-19 in multifamily assets and the long-term outlook. 

All fiat's done in a Keynesian system will eventually hit that wall, that's what Japan proved out.

Namely, Japan.

If you go to Japan even smaller condo can have 2BR with XXXS bathroom size.

Great topic last current USA debt for student loans was 1 trillion.I may self pushed my children hard in high school to prep for state college,my son did wrestling at a high level daughter soccer at a high level .I do think a balance is needed not just studying like Japan and other SE Asian countries.My son is study Electrical Engineering ,my daughter Industrial Engineering .We worked hard to get a good study habit out of the children ,my heroes were not sport stars I did like sports,fishing ,hunting but not like it was huge deal just fun a BALANCE .I like Einstein talked a lot about science ,math etc.

I also work with over 150 owners throughout the United States, Japan, and Canada who are investing here in Indiana specifically in the Fort Wayne market.

I'm in Japan trying to buy in the Atlanta Metro area or where it makes sense at this time now that the Atlanta market is getting harder.

He is actually in Japan and doesn't really do anything with the property, but is willing to let me do what ever I think is best to invest in other properties for me and my wife.I certainly miss spoke about the rest being cash flow.

The Fed is trying to avoid the situation Japan got themselves into 20 years ago, where they literally had to drop interest rates negative (yes, YOU HAD TO PAY to get banks to hold your money) in order to spur growth.Could you imagine negative interest rates in this country right now, when most people don't have enough money to keep their bank balances at $0, let alone enough money to pay the banks to keep their accounts open?