He had measured advice about the importance of spending, building reserves, etc. 

I was responding to another poster who stated that one negative affect of an appreciating property is a much higher property tax assessment.I don't live in Oregon so I don't know if you had some local increases passed by the voters in the last year that may have resulted in your increases, but there is def. a 3% cap as part of Measure 47 passed in the 1990s.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Ballot_Measures_47_(1996)_and_50_(1997)An example of the benefits are for long time holders of real estate. 

Mike M,You post is the table of contents of Frank Gallielli's "what every real estate investor needs to know about cash flow.. and 36 other key financial measures.."

College isn't about the cost or measuring a return on tuition based on your feelings about after graduation financials.If it's for you, you'd want it and do everything you could to get it, instead of testing an ROI argument in support of dropping out.

That report does mention that it's very difficult to accurately measure.

You provide all the cash, they do all the work, and you split profits.What type of measures would you take to hedge against scammers and cheaters, if working with people outside of your circle.

I'm thinking I'll interrupt him less if I can see these up to the minute details on my iPad.I also think it will help us visually monitor and track our goals to accomplish, which I think helps any person or group better achieve that goal; when it's visually measurable.

There are also tools to measure the volatility of investments such that the best risk-adjusted investments can be measured using historical data as part of an overall portfolio.  

DOM is measured from date of listing to date of COE, not the date of an accepted offer.That's interesting because, all during the escrow events & time, the property is under contract and literally "off the market".For my last sale, it took ten days from listing to accept an offer and escrow ran 60+ days, and the mls shows dom as 90 days - - go figure.

I have booked trips just like this in the mountains for friends through property management companies so there is no measure of who is coming.