It is a time consuming endeavor that only rewards professionals with focus, creativity and determination.

You can't call up contractors or Consumer's Energy when you finally get a break at 1am from your studies.  

Since then I've been obsessively consuming as much literature on personal finance, passive income, business, and most importantly real estate, as I can get my hands on.

This makes sense because the code is written to protect consumers.  

Do you think the need of the consumer would dictate where an investor should purchase rentals? 

They are not well-received when it comes to processing homes loans in a timely and consumer-friendly manner.

The probate is also time consuming and costly.

Consumers never ask about it, which ties into the above.Not everyone offers Freddie Mac HomePossible. 

They are usually not recommended for the walking part of the decks (and also very time consuming the apply on the walking part of the decks).

MBA part time/weekends is super time-consuming and takes a long time.I think it really boils down to what @Gabriel Benavidez truly wants out of his career and what his level of Business experience is.