Not only to learn more of the ins and outs of REI, but to also get paid to be immersed in what I am interested in. 

My wife and I are looking at paying down all of our debt before investing, as we have more debt than we would like, and are both immersed in educating ourselves about the world of real estate.

I see lots of dishonesty and game playing.

I always default to   " get your real estate license"  they may never use it.. but the foundation and education they get from it at say 18 will be far better than most other types of training and they can get the idea of how finances an RE works.its was hands down the best thing I did at 18 .. of course I used it and went right into selling RE at 18  ( not easy but I made it work).. you are then immersed in finance and better able to judge what is good debt what is necessary to have and what you can truly afford. also young folks should simply follow Dave Ramsy cant ever get hurt with his advice when your young and on budget.

You can be in the game playing, or on the side lines watching.

The school of hard knocks (getting stuck with a hammer or paint brush in my hand, whenever a carpenter disappeared on me) was invaluable and nothing, I mean NOTHING, can teach you as being immersed in it.

If you want to be truly attentive in any one place, you need to really be all there and have meaningful interaction with people.If you try to get fully immersed in ALL of the social media platforms out there, you can literally spend all day chasing your tail and ignoring your actual business.

Just immerse yourself in the free information out there and then ask yourself this question in a couple weeks.

Immerse yourself in everything real estate related.

Being in the United States and immersed in the language will help him become more proficient in English.