All too often investors study the numbers too deep and not the geographical location, companies and individuals they are giving their money, and not having enough money to make the investment move. 1.

Jerryll   Time for you to monetize  this knowledge you have created.. you remind me of Eric Clapton locking himself in his room for a year studying the guitar..    

I also speak three languages so hopefully someone will see my potential and allow me to join their team.

The added bonus is that the more an area of real estate excites you, the easier it will be for you to study and master. 

I don’t own apartments but I listen and study material by several “gurus” who do.

I am a level III CFA candidate for those in the finance world, and I'm very excited to hopefully get that monkey off of my back after the June exam and turn all my study hours into real estate investing hours.Since I'm not trying to invest in such a hot market like San Francisco for my first deal, I'm focused on out-of-state investing. 

After that, your best bet is to study airbnb and vrbo.

@Brian Gerace one thing that may be helpful is if you go onto a site like www.realtyshares.com and read through some of their deals and the language around distributions.

My education program propelled me much further and much faster than if I had not taken the program but had rather just done a self study of real estate investing.

A potential tenant should be asking many questions such as any road widening construction planned, is there non-compete language in the lease where landlord cannot lease similar business in the same center or within a certain ring radius, when was parking lot last resealed and coated, when was roof redone, A/C's replaced,etc.If you think landlord now is going to change the lease where THEY are responsible for all of that when you signed a lease saying tenant is well good luck with that.A tenant has a (right to their own inquiry) to ask tons of questions before they sign anything.