Posting for the first time on Bigger Pockets.Do not know if this is even the right forum...Background is not in real estate but in Data Analytics/Data Science - analyzing and determining patterns in large data sets (millions of rows of complex data).Interested in initially researching before actually investing.Really would like to determine the type of data that I should review to quickly determine if the local market has potential or not.

This is not rocket science.

Its not rocket science, I just follow the golden rule. 

This real estate thing is not rocket science and can be learned pretty quickly if you have common sense and a good understanding of business (again you know what's inside you).So happy investing, look me up if you feel the need, and btw... you can always take a part time job or I know there are lots of real estate investing companies looking to hire if you ever need to make some part time income while you figure it out!

https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2012/dec/clinic-story-06.htmlThe fascinating part about this article is that its author works for "Gray, Gray and Gray LLP" CPA firm.

I think you go with an engineering or computer science degree.

However, there are, to my mind, fascinating questions.Background: A taxpayer has two contiguous parcels:- a delinquent parcel with a house on it that has been under-assessed as land.- an up-to-date parcel that is only land, but which has been over-assessed as having a house on it.Due to what appears to be an assessor's error from years ago that one can say "switched" the parcels, I think the taxpayer believes she has been paying taxes on the parcel with the house, and is unaware of the error.Questions:1)  Someone in the Tax Assessor's office in downtown Birmingham told me today that if I buy a tax deed for a parcel that has a house on it, but is only assessed as land, the tax deed only entitles me to the land underneath the house. 

It took me only a few days to finish the book as I was fascinated by the depth of the content and the documented podcast experiences.

This is a fascinating case study, thats why Im so curious.

I know my feelings don't mean anything, but I'm fascinated by this.