That's OK I'm a degreed accountant and I don't do cost recovery and lifo is some kind of surgical procedure I think!

Unless the seller has just fumbled the ask price to the nth degree here (I mean it does happen, but this would be pretty severe), then I think you might be skipping right to the "V" in "ARV" and ignoring the "AR" part.

Obviously, 500 FICO Scores should command 50% down payments and 525 credit scores 45% down payments and 550 scores 40% down payments and 575 FICO Scores 35% down. 600 scores  30% down payments and I still have a low degree of confidence that we should ever give mortgages to people like this.I don't think it is wise to give loans to people that can't manage their finances very well.  

Unfortunately I haven’t really put my degree to proper use.

Dear Memphians,My name is Ned Roche and I am currently in college pursuing my bachelors degree.

@Brandon Sturgill Concerning the the Virginia state regulations I believe to be a licensed broker you have to work as an agent for 3 years, but I am unsure if the degree in Real Estate would negate that.

This also allows some degree of deal flow that drive sovereign investment and so on.  

Not even double (I do have higher geographic cost).Jobs that make 100k+ with no college degree: sales (insurance, cars, software, medical, RVs, real estate, etc), trades (plumbers, electricians, even carpet layers in my area make 120k/yr).

My question is: Would it be better for me to get the free degree and pursue the CPA first, or take the real estate accounting position that will more directly relate to my dreams of being a real estate investor?

I book the notes as assets, not equity.....but......while my thirty plus year old degree was in accounting, I’m not a CPA.