I read a lot of real estate books, I studied a lot on bigger pockets, I have family members who have done ok in real estate and its something I always knew, I wanted to get into.

Great suggestion on reviewing the reserve study.

I recall hearing that there were studies done that found that conventionally attractive people have an easier time doing almost everything that involves interacting with people.

If you want to dig deeper into the details once you have the fundamentals down, find some books to study & start running the numbers on properties using the BP Calculators!

Very helpful as I am a new investor studying which type of lender I will use first.

Just my opinion and curious to hear from others who only took a weekend seminar then started buyingI have been in real estate 20 years and I took several courses and my own studying / due diligence / research and after about 6 months I bought a note.

You've studied the law on habitability and you know that landlords are required to provide functioning plumbing, so you think you'd better call, right? 

I continued for a little bit and gained valuable knowledge on the studies of art and math but with not job it was hard to continue to skate to school using up 4 hours to get and 4 hours to come home on school days i didnt really make time to actually follow through with interviews and potential job opportunities because i was to focused on my craft, but One day while skating to see my mom i saw a banner for a job opportunity and applied and told my self if i got called would follow through no matter what.

Could anyone layout the key factors in studying a market?

I am brand-spankin new to the real estate scene and have been studying it now for the past 4-5 years to no avail.