I am an architect and last year I designed and built a 360 s.f. studio ADU above a 480 s.f. 2-car garage.  

I used to live in Chelsea and paid ridiculous rent for my studio after my company stopped paying for my relocation.. just bought a 2bedroom in the middle of union city, old brick building, less than 150k and its berautiful, got full NYC city views and rented on of my rooms for 900/m, so now im living free. 

I'm reading book that I've heard recommended on a few of the podcasts and it's at the top of RE books on Amazon.

See Tony Ferris' book "Park Place" (Amazon e-book) for lots of tips and great advice on remote park management.  

I live in nyc where apartments are much more expensive and I'm renting a small studio.

I'm not sure if Intuit scrubbed the reviews on Amazon or not by  now,  but it's worth reading the reviews there for their 2014 tax software - they IRKED A LOT of customers over their shady business moves.I used their Rental Property Manager software some years back before I moved to Buildium and it was crap - their support was crap and when you call them you are speaking to someone using a voice synthesizer to remove their accent located in India, Philippines or some other place where they could care less if they help you or not.Not to change the topic but if someone has a better alternative for Tax Software I'm open to it.  

It is basically a 3 bed/2 bath upstairs and 3 bed/2 ba downstairs with a studio over the garage.  

I love the built environments, so my other idea was architecture, but I didn't want to spend long hours in the design studio.

I guess I would just check out Amazon or someplace like that for some books that seem relevant and interesting to any specific real estate topics you may find of interest (flipping, rental properties, farmland investing, etc.,)  While these books may not really guide you to getting a license -- so I guess I'm not specifically answering your question -- they will broaden your real estate field of knowledge and should help you in your career in the long run.Other than that -- study, study, study the licensing materials!

James,We do this, but give gift cards to local businesses in the neighbourhood: restaurants, pilates/yoga studios, cafés, etc.