We usually recommend Charles Barnes for online classes. 

If one wants to compare apples to apples, then be honest and compare good implementations of both models against one another.

Creating an Apples to Apples comparison.

I enjoy being a web developer, and I’m actually transitioning to building mobile iOS apps (yea I’m a apple guy) so most of my time is devoted to that but I always had a interest with real estate investing and finding new sources of income so I plan to make time for that.

Even on liquid investment like stocks, some savers have Apple stocks received 30 some years ago that they paid $1 a par.

Of course I would be reselling mine as a regular sale...so apples to apples, oranges to oranges.

Seattle is notoriously hard on owners/hosts, and the last thing you want is a potential bad apple playing the "eviction game" with you, tying up your property for an extended amount of time thout cash flow.

The house is cleared out and cleaned, 2727 Sq' on 2.75 acres, (home owners are claiming 3239 Sq' living space), newly built 60x40 barn in 2015, Well water, Clear septic system 200 Gallon Propane Tank for gas just outside the city limits.What can I realistically asses the repair costs to be?

It's not a fair apples to apples comparison. 

Sales and management is apples and oranges.