So my homework is more oriented around which areas I'd like to narrow down to, compare purchase prices and costs to rental income and figure out what works for us. 

This makes a big difference as many of the big "brands" have no training that will help you understand how to figure out a cap rate or cash on cash returns.

I just figured, as long as they pay my rent, I don't care what they do in my building."

I couldn't figure out how to post this on the St.

Thank you still trying to figure out how to use these forums.

I'm still a newbie with only my house hack/duplex going so far but we're not going to die from paralysis of  analysis so I'm still trying to figure out a few of the data points for the calculators. 

The amount of information out there is overwhelming, and yes, when I’m reading those “best places to invest” type pieces, I figure hmm, well I’m not the only one reading this so it’s probably too late in this or that market.

Hello @Cedric AlexanderI would highly recommend figuring out which part of real estate investing you want to get into (wholesale, buy & hold, flip, etc) and read and ask questions on the forums.

Just glancing over what they report as incoming rent I gotta ask....Would you buy it for 320k with the advertised facts n figures?

When I first got started, I went driving through the neighborhoods I wanted to sell in and figured out what brokerages were most dominant in those areas.