College Respect?

[Phillip Joo]

HI BP, I was at a Financial College meeting with a man I've met twice. Everything was about college, until he asked, "Do you want to go to college?" I answered, saying that I knew it was a terrible investment that Im making, but there was nothing I could do about it. Then we started talking about how the only way to become "Successful" and "Financially Free" was through college. Knowing this wasn't true, I kept listening, he talked about how people would respect Investors and most likely invest in them if and ONLY IF they attended a good college. Respectully, I told him that I had a plan, and a vision that told me that the only way I would successful and/or financially free was through Real Estate. He then told me that I should go to college and deal with it until my third year, where I should transfer to University of California, Berkeley. THEN after that, people would start wanting to invest with me.

The point is, is that I knew that college has had no effect on the successful REE around me. The only thing I'm lacking is capital. Do I need to have a college degree in order to make it in Real Estate? Will people treat me differently if I were to graduate a college?

Do keep in mind that I live in Southern California.