@Denise Evans, sorry I didn't comprehend.

Of course that takes time and you are stuck dealing with people who can't comprehend or have different interests as owner occupied versus rental.

As in, can they comprehend your requests or do they get confused or ignore.Quality:  Obviously a major item but remember sometimes you get what you pay for. 

I'm having a tough time trying to comprehend how a tenant can pay for their cooking gas, and not their heat.

My focus is on 3 bed 2 bath SFRs under $150k for buy&hold and cash flow investing.There is so much data online, that it's sometimes overwhelming to comprehend and correlate with what you are trying to achieve as an REI. 

I have been married to my lovely wife for 12 years now and without her I cannot even comprehend what my life would be like. 

It is truly amazing.As for dealing with life insurance agents, I was always skeptical because I am ignorant about insurance when they are talking fast and I can't comprehend everything in depth, but I purchased about $4 million worth of life insurance and paid what I think is a tiny amount compared to what my beneficiaries will get.

I did not comprehend the financial implications, I did not know, it was just a gut feel I followed. 

@Julie McCoy  The amount of money this refinery deals with is hard to comprehend

Maybe my background as an accountant or just because I do understand financial systems better than something not so logical - I don’t have problems with comprehending it.As a real estate investor and business owner you have huge amount of advantages vs people working on W-2.You deduct almost everything on your sch.C, you don’t pay social taxes on your sch.E, you can defer capital gain taxes through 1031 exchange.