Yes, the core fundamentals aren’t rocket science like so many have mentioned.

The support team for actually operating the property (recall, mine's b&h rental) became more fundamental than a broker, a lawyer, mentor or someone to feed me leads.  

Accounting is a great degree choice, not only does it give you good career options, but having a fundamental understanding of numbers is critical to investing. 

We're doing apartment deals there because overall it has strong fundamentals and a lot of in-migration.

They are both great at learning the fundamentals.

It’s a fundamental simplization of a process so anyone can instantly understand vs having to be educated on what the 1% rule means.

Otherwise, I merely educated my clients in some fundamentals of taxation.So, if you don't know the basics, then any accountant will deliver "magic" results to you.

Both are comparable in terms of solid economic and demographic fundamentals such as population growth, job growth, income etc.

They know locations and trends and they understand the dynamics of fundamental investing.

Don't get me wrong; there are plenty of issues/problems/quirks that old houses have that new houses don't, and an old house can obviously have hidden problems and big repair/maintenance bills too--which is why thorough due diligence is fundamental to REI...but, the point is: a brand new house is not a foolproof solution to repairs/maintenance headaches (and in some cases, a brand new house can be a much bigger gamble than an older house).This is a particularly important lesson for inexperienced investors, who tend to be the most prone to "shiny object syndrome" (the tendency to let nice aesthetics distract from real, underlying issues).