I own 4 condos (all Seattle) and two shares in warehouse properties (Auburn and Puyallup) as well as a share of a rental ski lodge (Crystal Mountain).Have capital up to $100k cash to invest.CCIM, Masters of Science in Real Estate Development at UW (pending), high level of financial savvy and experienced in construction, tenant management & due diligence.

It's not an exact science since all homes are unique, but after a while you'll get a feel for it, just like SFs. 

Just take notes and look up anything that isn't explained in enough detail to make it clear.None of this is rocket science, but there is a lot to know to get it right. 

Univ of Texas Austin is top 5 school  in Computer Science currently (daughter goes their so I keep up on this, ha) and is one of the largest univ in the country w/over 50K students.  

Tenant screening isnt rocket science.

Wholesaling can be a very successful strategy if done correctly, just as any other RE strategy.I agree too that though this is not easy, it is also not rocket science and minor leaguers can succeed at it.

I'd rather be sitting on an massive pile of equity in 10 years than cashflow a few extra thousand annually in the meantime (assuming rents don't increase to the point that you end up with more cumulative cashflow over that same time period anyways).Obviously this isn't a hard science and I'm not knocking the high cash flow/low appreciation approach in any way.

There are liquidity, growth, and leverage benefits to the policy owner that are derived from the actuarial science used to build the product.A lot of people, for some reason, go out of their way to write posts complaining about how whole life insurance is expensive and sold by salespeople.

There isn't an exact science to this, however, it's best to have five separate avenues of income. 

Building science is one of the ways to push against it!