My hope is that you are using your degree unlike most of us :)Unfortunately I don't have any referrals for you as I'm a broker up in Seattle. 

Demonstrated enthusiasm for real estate with a high degree of creativity, vision, and technical aptitudeHigh level of communication/critical thinking abilityInternship or work experience in real estate or finance industry preferredWork well in a team based environment with open communicationAbility to analyze financial statementssome of the other things asked to analyze financial statements.I have started reading but plan on taking principles of accounting for a short 3-week summer course for credibility. 

In Lansing, we really don't have ghettos or war-zones to that degree.

I know I must seem like I'm moving too fast for my age but I don't want to be a person who goes to college, gets a degree, graduates, and then goes, "Well, now what?"

They flip the shingle 180 degrees and then nail it down.

Hi Whitney, Welcome to BP, you are correct that is my goal as well (quite my job that I have a higher ed degree to do).

This is dangerous to the degree that the personal loan negatively affects your credit and household debt to income ratio.

He is a freshman at a community college and is working on an Associates degree in Business. 

If you know you want to do real estate you might be better served with a business degree of some sort (finance) as you're going to get into lots of financial analysis to determine good deals vs. bad and more. 

Also graduated with a degree in accounting and finance and by graduated lost all confidence in the stock market.