She doesnt do RTO or even deal with them, she just gave me the fundamentals of it.

Simple, the underlying fundamental of compounding returns combined with leveraged funds, it's the secret sauce that makes REI the profit generator it is.

@Derrick Umphlett you’ve got the right idea but as @Greg Dickerson and @christoper hunter mentioned there’s some fundamentals that you’re going to need to establish that will bring legitimacy and value to a deal.

Sounds like you guys have all of the market fundamentals down to a "T".

You will learn all of the important fundamentals of owning a rental property such as tenant screening, landlord-tenant law, make readies, renovations, maintenance, customer relations, insurance, property taxes, fundamental contracts, and paperwork.Intermediate Stage:After acquiring several more units, you more or less have everything under control.

In my case, my academic background gives good advantage for evaluating installations on properties, both on prospecting and operating phase, as well as all the analytic fundamentals for all the calculations related with financial study/record.

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).

We are focusing on Phoenix due to the perceived strong fundamentals, diversified economy and relative affordability to purchase multiple assets over the next couple years. 

The great difference between us is our age, so learning these fundamentals at your age, you’ll definitely have the leading edge over the majority of people, because most people frown about selling or think its to hard, Grant breaks it all down for you in cardone university. $100 bucks a month, cancel any time.

Also, nobodies claiming that you NEED a college degree to be successful; many have taken college courses at a very low cost thru Coursera  or EdX and and acquired the fundamental knowledge necessary to launch a successful business.