It's not rocket surgery to pay attention to demographic trends, economic signals, and basic human behavior to figure out what areas are a safer bet for investing. 

Does every knee surgeon have to have knee surgery before they can do that procedure on others?

He's going to have emergency surgery and may be off work for weeks or even months.

One of them is out job and their child (with pics) had a medical issue and undergone surgery so I was bound to be more understanding .  

Its like when you go in for surgery and they take all of your vitals, but until they cut you open, they really don't know.Also, ask to speak to some of their passives.

the girl takes great care, babies this pit bull--- my friend has EXTENSIVE experience with animals, has horses, dogs, cats... and her friend's pit bull when rough housing with my friend, bit her face, took a whole chunk of her cheek off.. literately-- she had to get like 90 stitches, $40K in surgery and is suing her friend now, and the landlord.. 

it's not ok to wholesale surgery.  

So I think it's great you're looking at it.The best thing you can do is: 1. get the appraisal and any other comps you can get that will give you a good idea if you're getting the property for a legit price or not (looking at comps for any kind of property isn't rocket surgery) and 2. buy in a solid market.

His son took over his brain surgery practice while Sherry inherited her father's love for real estate. 

I ran the orchard- it wasn't brain surgery and I come froM a business family - agriculture being one of them .