I don't know if your hoping to hop on the computer and look for all these different factors and analytics, but that's mostly beneficial when your trying to pinpoint a market.

For background, he is in construction and is very handy, while I am in Data Analytics and love numbers. 

So, not that these are directly related, but whatever analytical mindset and training that is developed through these majors lends itself well to REI it seems and also generates a decent and strong enough W2 income that can be applied early in ones career to investing.

I tend to be analytical and reserved/process-oriented, and not so much a networker. 

According to Pew, "investors bought 24% of all single-family houses sold nationwide last year, up from 15% to 16% annually going back to 2012, according to a Stateline analysis of data provided by CoreLogic, a California-based data analytics firm.

I don't have the actual income docs to hand for this one, but here is the history for a VERY similar property I am also considering:I forgot to mention that AirDNA (They sell data analytics for AirBNB cities) rates it "A"

I should focus on what I'm good at - networking, analytics, processes, etc. 

I am currently a sophomore in college working towards my bachelors of science in business analytics and marketing.

It has some of the communications features that others are missing but I think the new thing now is call tracking and analytics on all of the phone numbers to track each marketing campaign seperately.

I'm very mathematically analytical and have already made some simple spreadsheets to track my cost per lead/client that I plan on using over a 3-6 month period.