Regarding cost seg, would be very helpful to reach out to @Yonah Weiss - you'll get great education at no cost (don't quote me on that - but he's usually glad to share his expertise). 

They cash-flow nicely are continuing to appreciate strongly and have far less to worry about in terms of tenants than my other properties. 

We have not done any deals yet, I’m focusing on education first as I’m brand new to this.

I have about four savings account which totals a little over 3k for different reasons like Emergency (2k), Travel (1k), a credit union saving (~300+), and investments (~350 and adding [Had more but I spent it some stuff to educate myself and get started with the stock market.

I would passively invest in an apartment syndication while I worked on my education with the goal of eventually buying my own deals or starting my own syndication business.

The George Lucas Museum, Coliseum & Exposition Park renovation (preparation for the Olympics), USC's continued investments in the area, LA Ram's stadium, Metro Rail development, and the fact that much the rest of Los Angeles is unaffordable, are all contributing to the development here.

I'm currently educating myself as much as possible with a goal to purchase our first property by July 2019...before I turn 30.

Continue on or try to sell at likely a loss?

You will also learn to appreciate when a real estate agent is actually doing their job correctly, vs the large number of agents who just show up and do the bare minimum.What prompted me to take the course was that my first agent was not very good, but I couldn't actually truly assess and understand that without knowing myself, now I can confidently say that she wasn't very good, (lucky me, lol).Short Answer: There's not a glaring reason I can think of to not educate yourself on it, even if just for education's sake.I can't provide info on the 2nd part as I'm just not as familiar with specific MA to CT reciprocity and requirements.

You should continue inspecting regularly (3-6 months depending on quality of units and tenants).