I had the opportunity to spend two full days in the classroom this week up in San Jose studying investment analysis, specifically geared to commercial real estate. Internal rates of return (IRR), uneven cash flows, cap rates, interest rates, discounted cash flows, analytical tools – good stuff! We even had home work at night! We only covered enough in class so we could complete a case study of a mythical office building once we got back home.

I enjoy going to conferences, seminars and the like. Besides learning new skills and brushing up on the old, these interactions with other attendees often end up with me getting one of those “ah hah!” light bulb going off moments. Now if I could only convince Leslie to send me off on one of these things more often…!