I am a Business Analyst/Data Scientist by profession but new to real estate investing.

Math you can break down into multiple parts.For real estate if you have a grasp of addition, subtraction, multiplying, division etc. then a lot of calculations should be able to be made.If by saying you are not good in math you mean calculus, trigonometry, and algebra etc. that stuff is more used in other occupations like a scientist etc.

Prior to law school I worked as an Associate Scientist for an environmental consulting firm with the majority of my time being spent on due diligence for commercial real estate transactions.

Currently, I work as a scientist at a biotech/biopharmaceutical company out in Pleasanton, CA paying out student loans as quickly as possible to build funds for my first investment!

My agent said that there will be about 100 head scientists working here, each making 6 figures.

If a fellow NASA scientist asked me how an actuator worked I would roll my eyes.

Everything has already happened and cannot be changed.On the other hand, if you are a political scientist, an engineer, an architect, a musician, and yes, an investor, your success is a function of recognizing a number of different inputs, and a number of different objectives, and synthesizing them together into a working environment.You can't apply deconstruction to investing.

When you consider if you lose one resident and it costs you $5,000 to renovate the home, plus the loss of income between residents, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the impact to your NOI. 

Naahh I was an eccentric, evil fancy NASA, IHMC and Italian Institute Of Technology, robotics scientist creating an army of humanoids, androids and exoskeletons to take over this rotten planed, enslave everyone and practice my maniacal cackle.Twas too easy.

I have seen engineers because elementary teachers, scientists become marketers, and finance professionals become restaurant owners.