What type of work environment can I expect? 

Preferably properties with value add potential in B-C class neighborhoods and up and coming areas in the path of progress.

The student rental market is really screwed up right now with enrollment down, students taking classes online, etc. 

I’ve seen C class properties marketed at 2% cap rates (cap rate measures the unleveraged return on investment) that have actually sold!

If you purchase MF are you intending on buying A, B or C class, for CF I'm guessing B or C?

We are in an environment of unprecedented cap rate compression and record low interest rates which is only headed in one direction after this is all over.Yes, make no mistake, the music will soon stop.That has very little to do with an upcoming election and is regardless of who wins the White House or who controls congress after November.If you've listened to Kevin Bupp and Rod Khleif, you know what happened to their portfolios in 2008.These were no amateurs, as a matter of fact, they had many years of investment experience when the music stopped.They both weathered the storm and came back stronger and that is why I remain a shameless fan of both men till today.Several others were not that lucky, and you will never hear their names.In this space today, there are investors and there are educators.The educators have taken over the habitat.That is why there are now more podcasts on real estate than I can get through in a working week.Real Estate education is so very lucrative now that it is possible to make way more money from podcasts and books than in actual real estate investment for some gifted marketers with smooth tongues and gifted content creators.more....To read full article,click link below:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

I'm considering taking the classes to be an appraiser (just take the classes, note actually get a license).

@Marvin HudsonHi Marvin,I took an online real estate course and completed 75 hours of pre-license coursework because it was most convenient for me, although I feel I would have been less stressed in class. 

I decided to slow things down given the uncertainty in the environment (COVID-19, etc.), but still wanted to be investing, so found a SFH down in Lancaster, OH, which is a town about 30 mins South of Columbus.

If this towns Taxes were significantly less, I could see why they don't include Trash with the Taxes but this is a working class town and the taxes are just as high, if not higher than our other properties that are in more highly desirable parts of NH.