And I'm glad you brought up this point- I've seen it often at the urban farms I've been working/studying at- who are the actual farmers?!

6 months into studies could mean several things, wrong class, guru stuff, but if you took an agent's type class and haven't moved yet, knowledge isn't the problem really, sounds like other issues.Real estate is an industry organism, it's alive, every changing, always moving with constant opportunities, with changing laws and regulations.

Similar to how condo associations run their reserve studies, you would want to analyze each item (i.e. roofing, siding, etc) and their remaining useful life as well as the cost to replace.  

I am new to really diving into real estate investing, but the more I study and I glean information from the likes of people on BP, I realize that REI is not a one size fits all.  

For all the reasons why individuals are anti-turnkey (over inflated #'s, bad rehab, the way the area is sold vs. the reality of the area, lack of market knowledge, overpaying) can all be avoided through due diligence, studying and visiting the market and aligning yourself with an excellent team. 

Unless your bank accounts are really FAT, this is not the time to being a 3 year self-study course, especially if you have a family.REI takes T I M E to develop and you're going to need a means to pay the bills while you acquire the new skills. 

With crowdfunding sites growing every day, investing all over the country is as easy as reading appraisals, market studies, etc, wiring funds, and collecting your share of the rent payments.  

I have studied this extensively.

Live music and cheap cold beer every day of the week. 

When the music stopped, they had over $250K of my money.