Thoughts on college?

[Allan Foote]

As a young and eager investor I consider myself very blessed and fortunate to be where I am and have the people around me that I do. I currently live in San Antonio, but just finished my first year of College up in Utah. I have a mentor who has found tremendous success from flipping,renting and investing down here. My goal is to soak up as much information, from him and other sources, as possible before I start investing on my own. He has not only offered me a job to help me truly understand how things work in this field but has even offered to help finance my first investment when that time comes. This individual did not attend college because it didn’t really fit him and fortunately, like I mentioned, he has found a lot of success and wealth. Currently my plans are still to attend and finish up College, hopefully getting a degree in the field of real estate. I wish to make a full time living out of flipping and investing. The issue is I can’t help but wonder if college is really the “right” path. I have done a lot of thinking about the pros and the cons of both paths. The main pro of finishing College would be the coveted degree I could attain that would hopefully provide a safety net incase disaster struck, however, college is expensive and many will get a degree only to realize it isn’t doing them much good. I think the biggest Pros of not finishing college currently are the time and freedom I have (no obligations to family or spouse) along with the resources I have available, the biggest con is obviously the lack of a backup plan.

Sorry for the lengthy backstory but I am curious to hear from you guys about the paths you took and what you would recommend! Did you attend college? If so, were you happy that you did? If you didn’t, do you wish you would have? Thanks so much!