I've always been fascinated with real estate. i believe that as my marketing company matures and needs less full time attention, that i'd like to get involved in some form of real estate investing.

This article was on the front page on finance.yahoo.com couple days ago.I don't think he holds any security licenses or financial advisory certification like the series 65, 6, 63 or CFP, but he is a computer science major who started a personal finance blog 10 years ago because he was bored.

My academic background is in Computer Science and Economics, and my professional background includes having worked in finance, and on multiple software companies from fortune 500s to startups. 

I am a former writer and reporter for the California Real Estate Journal with a BA in Political Science from U.C.

Is that like a blended interest rate but with rocket science and brain surgery?

Real estate is not an exact science in terms of numbers. 3.

Probably near the top.There's no exact science to figuring out what to charge.

there are little quarks as well, that only a trained eye may see, the process is easy if you are in a subdivision with 200 relatively equal homes, it a bit more tricky and subjective in rural America, where comps my be fare apart, and no similar sales exist for 12 months ore more, then your gut has to know. its 1 part science, 1 part math, and 2 parts Market Knowledge 

It's not rocket science, the information shouldn't be esoteric. 

To begin, I'm an Animal Science student from Cornell who is also interested in investment housing.