Investing in residential properties is not really rocket science.

Bartlett holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Business-Economics and Political Science where he was a member of the Senior Honors Seminar in Economics, and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

No you don't need to pay for a course.This isn't rocket science and you don't need to know everything to get started.

Okay, I realize that appraisal is art not science.

Financial forecasting is an inexact science, you have to make assumptions on income, expenses, timing, exit value, capital structure, etc. and then calculate your IRR. 

I graduated school in 2014 with a B.S. in Computer Science and immediately started working at a startup in Seattle, Wa.

It's NOT rocket science to figure this all out and the state even provides a website where you can estimate what your property taxes will be AFTER your purchase. 

Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

I do a lot of teaching and advising my students about their decisions to further their study. (2) We make about the same amount per year in rental cash flow as I do in science.

You can too, also use fictional partner to distance your self from giving an offer the first time you talk to the seller.