Real estate license in NY, good first step?

[Jared Frederickson]

Hello all,

This is my first post here on BP and I'm sure this is to be the first of many questions that I will hope to get answered.  As a way to get some knowledge and potentially be useful down the line, would it be a good ideal to get a real estate license?  I'm in Rochester, NY and I've come across classes such as:

http://www.careerwebschool.com/new-york/real-estat...

Which supposedly get you up and running for only about $300.  So that's a pretty low barrier to entry if the the knowledge gained in such a course is relevant.  Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Jared