It hits every nail on the head and I see it everyday where everyone acts like sheep and just follows the herd because some guru told them too.

Instead, I just decided to head in "that direction" and figured I'd get to the destination eventually. 

I’m also aware there could be tax advantages to running a rental business, which could help offset the shortfall.I’ve had experience with short-term rentals in the past, but I found them to be a headache.

And if your selling NON mls props its hard to run data..

How long (Months, year) does the training run and what is covered. 

Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

That's a very good point taking the potential further value decrease into consideration (like when running the ARV for pricing it out to the end-buyer), so it makes sense that, like you said, it would have to be a great deal.

I struggled to wrap my head around, 5 calls a week, at first.

Nice new homes are going to run more to keep in great shape..

You won't understand something and need it beaten into your head ten times.