In general, the landlord doesn’t have the duty to inquire about status, explains Professor Seng.

Most, or basically all, of the highest earning employees in these industries--doctors, specialists, professors, university/medical administration--relocate to Champaign/Urbana from elsewhere in the US and internationally.

My wife has a significant balance in her TIAA-CREF account (she is a college professor).

Here is an article where a law professor discusses a lot of the uncertainties surrounding 1031 exchanges after the tax law changes.

While many of the higher-up employees at these facilities likely won't be renters (doctors, nurses, professors), having these facilities means many associated jobs (janitors and sim.) which are more likely to be renters.

They told me the owner is a retired professor and firm on the price.

So, be the professor of real estate and watch those investors come running!

I'm also interested in possibly taking one of their 8-week long tax deed investment courses, but they're pretty expensive for a company that doesn't seem to have a ton of credibility, although the "professor"- Phil Kessler- seems to really know what he's talking about and has been a guest on a could RE podcasts I listen to.Thoughts?

My wife and I lucked out with a program through a national bank that gives people of certain professions low down-payment loans without PMI (I'm a lawyer/professor, the wife is a PhD Neuropsychologist that works in the medical field). 

This taxi driver was a professor of physics from India.