You did say one thing that I think is important and that is there is a housing shortage. 

You're risk management skills will serve you well with real estate investing ;)Would love to grab a coffee sometime and hear your story.  

As there a shortage of starter homes, like 1000 to 1400 sq foot single family homes?

There's a large member base on this site of local RDU people so you'll have no shortage of folks to connect with.

It's good size - 1.67 acres, I'm 99% sure there were no encroachments.The B-II Requirements includes a clause:  "Any encroachment, encumbrance, violation or adverse circumstance affecting the Title including discrepancies, conflicts in boundary lines, shortage in area, or any other facts that would be disclosed by an accurate and complete land survey of the land, and are not shown in the Public Records."

It too requires experience, knowledge, skill and technical expertise to do it well.

Tax planning, books set up for a business, on going bookkepping, all take different skill sets.

Depends on the individuals skill set/ knowledge.For me it was figuring out the local markets.

Guess what, I wanted to make myself marketable and wanted to gain more skill so enrolled in school to get more education.

Account Closed mentioned in his post, I believe it all depends on how well you know your market, how widely marketed the deal your chasing is, and how confident you are in your negotiating skills.