But there are also countless other factors that will come into play.  

I’m in the process of building a single family home made of shipping containers and I’ve found countless homes and viable businesses in shipping containers that are immaculate.

I have bought countless books on Real Estate, joined Webinars, invested time and money on false Mentors!

After getting cussed out and berated by "Seasoned Investors" I quickly made the change to invest more time into books,seminars, countless training and graduating Top of my class at YouTube University (I kid lol).

I have read multiple books on the topic as well as countless videos and decided that it was time to move towards taking action and begin to truly analyze deals and get serious.

I have had countless tenants that put out their butts on the window sill and countless others that put them out on wood floors.

In the end you'll have a drained bank account, a bunch of fancy paperwork you'll never use, high level theoretical knowledge on countless subjects that don't apply to today's market, and still not know where to begin. 

This is one of a countless reasons why working with a great/savvy real estate agent, especially as a buyer (where in many states a buyer's agent commission costs the seller and not the buyer), just ask the agent to take care of that for you.If you didn't buy that with an agent, I'd recommend you call a great local appraiser.

I have helped countless investors from BP who approached investing in Michigan the same and all has had a bad experience.

I have listened to countless podcasts, read many books, and perused many websites.