Thanks for all the help... chemical bank has proved to be a great option, close to closing with a 4ish% rate, 75% ltv.

@Raul Nico Ruiz   I used Shawn Huss at Chemical Bank.

My daughter, that just graduated from the University of Arkansas as a chemical engineer but that school charged us $6,000 a semester but we did not take on any long term debt. 

Brick isn’t meant to be painted, and painting it is difficult (lots of prep, lots of coats, has a chemical compound that rejects paint).

Some can even detect chemical composition and contaminates, like lead.

@Yonah Weiss my degree is in Chemical Engineering.

It depends.Real Estate Investing is a great strategy for financial freedom but without formal education to get a good job that will allow you to have a substantial downpayment or buying real estate with cash, Investment may not be possible for that individual except you want to start with bird-dog (Wholesaling, Real Estate Investor Apprenticeship, Assistant etc).I have a Bachelor and Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and I will say (with confidence) that it all worth it.Goodluck man!

I feel your pain.I’m a female and new to REI as a business.However, I’ve always handled contractors for my primary residence, and I’ve worked in several industries - industrial chemical sales, bartending/waitressing, and I’m now I am a chemist with a PhD.All that to tell you that male chauvinism is rampant anywhere you go.

Of course this isn't true for people with actual chemical unbalances, schizophrenics, and sociopaths.Now, I'm all for capitalism, Milton Friedman is my favorite economist, but here is the main difference between capitalism and socialism and even better, anarchism.Capitalists believe that people are motivated by greed, profit, money.

If you look in fields like Chemical/Computer/Petroleum/Civil/other Engineering, I think those people are much more successful at finding jobs, because we need those people more than ever.