Remember fundamentals like choosing a desirable market and keeping some money in a highly liquid option as reserves like a high interest savings account that should be about 4-5% currently.

I think that's the fundamental difference in our thinking.

Joshua, we have a fundamental gap here.

Home ownership can be easily proved without involving attorneys or the court system.The very fundamental aspect of ultra progrssive policy is they just want to destroy the traditional value.

The proposed changes (if implemented) would fundamentally change Single Family zoning in Reno, and could make the prospect of properties completely different here. 

Between technology, the media coverage and the settlement itself, while the vast majority of sales will probably still be on market (MLS itself could have some issues going forward as a result of this settlement) but on the margins there will be an uptick of fsbo, of discount brokerages, again it won’t fundamentally change the majority of transactions but I expect the housing market to get even weirder than it already has been the past few years.

Read "The House Hack Strategy" by Craig Curelop and "Set For Life" by Scott Trench for the fundamentals, then just do it.

Here's a great little book on fundamentals: 'Real Estate, Quick and Easy' by Roy T.

Would attending a real estate school or taking specific courses be beneficial in understanding the fundamentals?

I study this fundamental question here and come to a conclusion based on a simple distinction between two types of contracts: contracts to produce new goods or to provide services;1 and contracts to convey existing goods or other property.