Does a college degree help?

[Account Closed]

Does a college degree help? Should I major in Finance or Real Estate? Both? Or is real life experience better for learning how to invest in real estate? My goal is to do this full time. What is the average time span for investing in real estate? i know it differs for everyone.

[Gregory Childs]

In my opinion a college degree teaches critical thinking more than anything and helps with the ability to susinctly address a subject - a degree in business would be of benefit; especially as most people in the industry treat it as a hobby. However, don't go into debt for the degree, have your RE profits pay for the classes.

All you need to learn about RE you can pick up here on BP or at your local REIA - and by taking action! Doing "something" is the best class you can take.. that's the real learning environment.

TTFN,

Greg