@James Webb What you're referring to is not "cost segregation"; that's a study done to identify personal property and separate it from real property.

I have been studying primarily on rental investing but I don't want to pass up this opportunity. 

Now is the time to seriously sit down and do some research as I have a new job which gives me a lot of downtime to study real estate and contribute to this wonderful community.

I'm not super wealthy, but I do have some spoils of the trade to play with.I live in Malden, and have been educating myself to get into flips and rentals (loving BRRRR) in the area (Melrose, Medford, Malden, Everett, Saugus, Lynn, Stoneham, Reading, Woburn, etc.).I have never officially invested in real estate, but I have owned first and second homes for many moons, and they have been good to me so far.I've learned enough in my studies to know that real estate investment in this area and time is far from a no-brainer. 

I most certainly won't let fear get to me and at some point very soon I am going to graduate from just  studying and proceed with marketing and drawing up contracts!

Also how do you guys study the market?

Please feel free to PM me an example, and I'll study it

Hello Everyone,I've learned a lot from Frank Gallinelli's "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow," however, the Internal Rate of Return concept is still a little confusing to me.In this book there is a case study in chapter 6 that considers an "Apartment Building Investment" (pgs. 108-120).

I think you should study the submarket and who your competitors are. 

I am doing a feasibility study on a small business that will sublet small offices to small companies and professional services.