Real estate can't be evaluated off normal risk measures or backward dated information, it's a highly different asset class.

Prices are not going backwards, so it will become more and more difficult to find good deals. 

Why would you try to down a person about there finances and turn around an try to sale them something, thats *** backwards!

For a house hack, start with what YOU value and work backwards from there.

We are wondering if choosing a home that's walking distance of the BeltLine can serve as some level of insulation since there are no good schools in or around the Westside.The main question is - will those areas actually develop as planned or can it go backwards?

Not sure your area that you're investing in, but the perfect BRRRR are kind of hard to come by now in the recent years.. so have the expectations to leave some type of money in the deal..Big thing that I've ran into and I've seen other investors run into is running out of money doing the BRRRR.. as some or most times you have to leave a bit of money in the deal, folks usually run out of cash to continue to do deals.. especially in the recent years..But good news is.. as you're holding and cashflowing on the deals, there is always opportunity to recapture the equity, not to mention tax benefits etc..I also see some pitfalls in investors getting desparate for deals, so they get lenient on their number etc.. as they do i see some get backwards on some deals...

Having said all that, if you wanted to throw your money and try to learn backwards, that would be fine. 

you could look for opportunities with reverse mortgages in default (backwards marketing) and tax defaulted property (the last group can be difficult to sift and sort due to large quantities).In the end, you’ll do much better focusing on solving problems that others cannot or are not willing to solve (hoarding, squatters, liquidity, defective title, skips, etc.).BTW, I started with working foreclosures (1978) and then deceased owner and title-impaired property about (35) years ago and have closed several thousand deals to date.  

@Nick RutkowskiYou’ve got it a little backwards.

@Kaleb Phillips you could pay for a mentor, but not many good ones worth what they charge.Everything you need to know is actually on the internet, much of it here on BP.Recommend working backwards: What results do you want?