This info will give you a decent idea of what to expect and help filter down your search to a few cities.Some of the metrics that I find valuable to understand are:- Population - Home Values- Household Incomes- Rental Vacancy Rate- Homeowner Vacancy Rate- Poverty Rate- Educational Attainment Rate (High School/GED & Bachelors)- Number of Housing Unit- Rent to Income Ratio- Rent to Price Ratio- Population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage- Property Tax Rate- Median Age of Buildings- Number of Structures by Units (SFR, Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex, etc...)- Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms- Unemployment Rate- Employment Sectors Percentages These are just some of the indicators that will help you understand the quality of an area as well as the kinds of returns one is to except.

To start, I am a Bachelor of Commerce student who has recently been interested in real estate. 

The expectation was/is once you attain your bachelors degree, you will be able to land a job with a high enough income to substantiate the high expense of a college education.

NYU, Columbia, MIT) and many others offer Real Estate major, minors and/or concentrations at the bachelor's level and/or within MBA programs. 

You apparently went to school for four years to earn a Bachelors degree, passed a few hurdles, and then got a full-time job where you earn good money.

There aren't many other associate or bachelor degrees that start out with that kind of flexibility and salary. 

But the days of leaving your bachelor(ette) pad for Highlands Ranch are gone.I think the MMJ business has put some pressure on industrial and retail space, but even bigger is the demand for office space downtown and the rise of shared workspaces.

Hi Alan,  I'm not a lawyer, but I do have a bachelor's degree in law and I had a real estate license a million years ago. 

The learning process goes on- I had to promise my wife to not get into anything until I finish my Bachelor’s degree in May.So I was volunteering some time this Saturday and got into a conversation with a guy I had just met.

I have a Bachelors and loans associated with that but want to also go to grad school, which will require more loans.