I'm a newbie but I'm a fast learner and I believe I'm a pretty competent person in general.

In my experience, appraisers these days very much like to engage in personal conversation.

Some times you have this one person needs it and they sign a lease and the property is filled.

The point is a single person can hold more than one idea. 

@Lee Singleton,I want to kick this off by saying that I've personally followed Perch Wealth's newsletters for at least the past two years. 

That seems a gross oversimplification that can result in bad returns.I've personally invested in some low cost markets that gave me great cash flow and above average appreciation. 

I have tried to have the person who gave the course to explain better but I just keep getting eye rolls.. it's enough to say ok, I give up

In my case, at the end of their lease when I wanted to show the property to prospective long term tenants, the tenant gave me all kinds of grief about 'invading her privacy' and 'disrupting her life' even though I told her at the beginning of the lease that this was our procedure and I made every attempt to 1) give 48 hr lead times, when typically I would only give 24, and 2) blocked/scheduled showings for 1 day per week and 1 weekend day away from dinner time/church times, etc. maybe this was just the person I was dealing with though...- vet the tenant exactly as you would for a normal tenant.

Find one that suits your personality and your cash on hand ready to invest.

You can find many great in person learning events through BP as well.