He's purely sales-driven.

If you put a school in this area I can see a great deal of teenage driven businesses moving there which will change the atmosphere of Mass Ave completely.

And finally, for a multi-family property, the value will be driven by the NOI and cap rate more than anything else.  

Ryan A - I like your thinking.

In return, you pay me a higher interest rate (9-14% plus points) for qualifying you based on the deal ONLY.However, these HML are requiring everything that conventional lenders require while still charging points out the a**!  I

I'm not sure where Galatia is, but stay away from areas that may be factory driven, as we are not the most industrious country at the moment.

Had I not driven by at that time, I probably never would have figured out why there was going to be ice all over the bottom half of the driveway from the 2nd year of ownership on because I had never thought to take before pictures of the perimeter of the yard.

Originally posted by @Jassem A.:I

And Class A office is very much being driven by the energy sector, so that is where you will see the first cracks if and when they do come.  

Any scaling and/or optimizing of a business (whether real estate or any other business) is going to be driven by the specifics of that business.