However, just as a new real estate agent/broker will acquire a solid basic education in real estate principles, real estate law and real estate finance by studying and taking classes for the licensing exam, other careerists will have two legs up by spending time acquiring knowledge before embarking on paid working career. 

Say home improvement and they will send you up to $50k at relatively low rates with no pre-payment penalties and they do not check how you spend the funds.

You would spend far more on Marketing, background checks, tenant placement, repairs, and possibly legal fees with the eviction process.  

Builder/Investors, what are you spending per sqft? 

and guess what - that might be OK too - but only if 1) you're OK with spending that money and 2) the investment justifies it.

Whether you spend time networking, reading books, watching videos or connecting on bigger pockets or if you spend cash hiring a mentor, maybe partnering up with or doing free intern work for a real estate investor; whichever route you decide to go investing in yourself is one of the best investments you can make. 

They are not always happy about spending money, but thank me when I get a higher selling price than what they expected.

Like @Jesse Rivera mentioned above, I also go to a few sessions but spend most of my time in the lobby or at the bar making connections."

Reduction in government spending by 80%. 

Second is that you can be disciplined enough to take the money that is left over and not spend it on "stuff" so that you can have it to put down on your next property that you are going to house hack and that you will do it when you get to your next destination this summer or fall.