As a newbie,Can anyone pls, explain the fundamental differences between a SFR & MFR?

Bottom line, gurus teach deals not real estate, they don't have time to teach that nor can they relate strategies to the fundamentals allowing the student to understand when one strategy might apply or when to switch to another avenue of operation.

These are interesting buzzwords, but I actually don't think there's a fundamental 180-degree difference between coliving, mid-term, and long-term property management. 

That being said, you will need to learn the fundamentals of what constitutes a good deal..its all about the leases.  

While he may not have more than a year of REI experience, he has posted some quality responses with sound business fundamentals.

I made a scoring system and briefly considered every MSA with a population over 100,000 based on fundamental metrics (job growth, population growth, income growth, rent growth, and new construction).

In full disclosure, I have never really spent much time looking at RLGY or RMAX, but in the wake of disappointing results recently and significant drops in their share prices, I am curious on either the long or short side from a fundamental long term perspective, but its possible perhaps there is simply "nothing to do".On one hand, I am wondering what impact new entrants like Compass (and Redfin at the opposite end of the spectrum) are having on the large brand realtors in the eyes of brokers and agents. 

A lot of the fundamentals of investing (and life) are similar, but DR has its nuances.I would suggest you do not buy there until you spend some time there. 

I feel that investing ~2500 miles away isn't fundamentally different from investing ~250 miles away.

Well, I'd contend you could change the word "house" in DR quoted "List your debts, excluding the house, in order" to "houses" and still follow the fundamentals that DR preaches.