Landlord schooling

[Julie Nordendale]

Hi, I'm not only new to BP but new to real estate investing. Over the next year I plan on saving for a down payment for a multi family property that I plan on buying and holding. In the meantime I want to learn as much as I can about being a landlord. I'm wondering if there are schools for that? I plan on reading books, blog posts, member forums, etc on the subject but would love to learn more hands on or in a classroom environment. I live in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul). Does anyone know of any schools or have suggestions for learning. Or is it something I don't need to focus on first hand?  My other thought was to get a part time job working in a rental office for an apartment building,  but I'm questioning how much value I would get from that verses the time put in. Thank you for any advice/suggestions.