If you post some pics, I might be able to give you some thoughts on where to concentrate  Reno money to up the value. 

Lastly as your post indicates the vast majority concentrate on selling Billy and Bobby Sue a home to live in .. they are not in the investment space.. don't work in it have never studied it have no desire to be in it.Civilians out who are not in the real estate business just don't know what they don't know about the industry as a whole.

I didn’t want to get too nerdy, but before real estate I was also an mechanical engineer with a controls and thermodynamics concentration.

Is a major in Risk Management with a concentration in real estate worth it if I wanted to start my own real estate business in the next few years?

We are located in Worcester, Ma area and would like to concentrate on eastern Worcester County. 

Concentrate on great locations, doesn't have to be a 4 unit.  

.- Homeless population skyrocketing driven recently by unprecedented lockdown restrictions, small business fees, taxes, and regulations make employment of others exceedingly expensive in turn raising prices and reducing the affordability of goods, minimum wage hikes business run towards automation and layoffs to stay afloatThere's no doubt about it California has one of the highest concentration of millionaires and high income earners in the country, plenty of families who can live comfortably in this state.  

I have always wanted to get started in REI, I read various books and listened to several webinars and podcasts related to the topic but kept making excuses on why I shouldn’t get started...no time, too much risk, need to concentrate on my career...blah blah blah!

I fully concentrate on Institutional Residential Re-Performing (RP) & Non-Performing (NP) 2nd Mortgages.

Once you "pick" your TK provider and by default the location you need to do A LOT of due diligence about the area - the nice thing is - once the area is identified you now have something specific to concentrate on and gather information.