Real estate, like any investment, carries risk,  but at the end of the day these risks are just a line item, with various degrees of success based on the due diligence you put into each one.     

I spent years working in dead end jobs and going to school for degrees I didn't use. 

Meaning you can't sell your degree back so it's best to pay that down as fast as possible.

I’m getting a second degree in it.

I'm a 50 year old Industrial Mechanic, so I can fix just about anything, and my wife is a Industrial Electrician who has went on to get her engineering degree.

Her tenant arrested, in jail on $1mil bond for second degree murder.

(The way we went straight from a foot of snow to 90 degrees, if he doesn't have AC he might be escaping over to her place.)Start by saying that it's okay if he is living there, you just need to know about it, so she doesn't feel like you're out to get her, then talk and figure out the situation.

The high density polyurethane as mentioned in the other posts is much lighter than a cement/mud mixture making it less likely to cause additional settlement due to the weight, another benefit is that it expands and compresses the soil underneath it to a certain degree.

Hello - I am 24 years old and have recently stopped playing minor league baseball and plan to go back to school in the state of Virginia to finish my degree.

I could increase my salary by going back to school and getting a higher degree but I was thinking that money would be better spent on REI.