I am a comp sci guy as well... trust me, your analytical skills and attention to small detail will come in handy.

I am a very analytical person and I am compelled to research all the information that I can get my hands on when I don't understand something.

Much more analytical than financial institution examines it looks like, as they are looking for trends and analysis that reveals compliance issues rather than so much as on an occurrence basis, can't tell so much yet.Anyway, as to the issues, take care when reading that you are not reading what pertains to lenders, "lender" will be regulated lenders, not necessarily you as a seller financing type, so understand where you are and what is applicable to you as an investor type.Slow down Cowboy Curt, they'll get screwed up reading "lender" exemptions, applications and Originator requirements without understanding the differences.

Explain all the other variables and that it's because you're new (nothing wrong with that as long as you're analytical) you want to stay safe and conservative in all your estimates and are uncomfortable operating on razor-thin margins - all these things justify your offer.If you think of yourself as someone unwilling to compromise your integrity or business model, there won't be any hard personal feelings whichever way this deal goes.

@Camille TreacySorry, I'm coming to this late but came across an article on this subject that might interest you.https://medium.com/enodo/how-automation-and-predictive-analytics-can-help-real-estate-analysts-underwrite-more-effectively-edbeff443c5b

Its free with a plethora of analytics/studies on this matter and it provides nationwide coverage!

Just make sure you have a solid setup for your Analytics/Pixels/Tags as well!

It took me years to find a guy who was an analytical thinker, even though he did not own rentals he understood better than anyone else.Spending the time to find an agent who has walked the path you want to be on is probably the best investment of your time early on in your career.Many years later I got out of the rat race and "retired" from corporate.

I am also a voracious reader and very analytic (created lots of my own deal calculators on Excel for my own use), and I also got sidetracked many times with all kinds of "get rich quick" programs before finally realizing that it's not going to come easy (or quickly).As far as your goal, it's definitely a good one... it's just a matter of what to buy and how to buy it.

All of those have counterpart advantages to investing in securities, the difference being that you need to be pretty intelligent, and extremely analytical to know what those advantages are.