LOLRE usually falls under the department of finance in business colleges.To get started in a formal education without heading toward a degree program that fits well with real estate, I suggest these areas of undergrad study.Economics 101 and 102Accounting 101 and 102, if you can take managerial accountingPersonal Finance, Money & BankingBusiness Finance 101 and 102 or similar levelsPrinciples of Real EstateBusiness Law and Legal ConceptsThese 10 classes or 30 hours would be a good foundation for RE.There are other courses that can be more specific, like construction management, municiple zoning and design as well as others.Depending on the benefits you might be looking at, you may look into an Associates Degree program at a local university in real estate or finance.IMO, good luck.... :)

NO PETS for undergrad students for us.

While I would rent to grad students, I don't think I would want the headache and additional maintenance that would go with undergrads.  

I look back now and wish I would have started investing in real estate when I graduated from the greatest university in the state of Texas from my undergrad in the late 90s.

But in addition to finishing my undergrad degree, I was able to get my MBA in the evenings while working. 

We mostly get undergrads.

Undergrads are usually year to year, grads and PhDs are 2-5 years, depending on the program.Once you have a healthy savings account for vacancies and repairs, you can devote less per month to that account (in my opinion).Lastly, my aunt in Silver Spring doesn't know any Realtors; not sure how she doesn't, but she doesn't.

So if anyone has questions about what you can learn about real estate at the undergrad level, I'm at your disposal.My experience in real estate includes building houses with Habitat for Humanity, and managing tenants who sublease from me.

There's a huge gap here for young professional housing, though; as the university grows, more graduates want to stay to work or continue on to grad school, and they don't want to live in undergrad-party-central.

I have read dozens of investing and real estate books over the years and even focused my electives in undergrad and my recently completed MBA to learn more about REI.A bit about my REI plan(s)/goals:  I have 1 rental property that I purchased 2 years ago; its located about an hour away that is manged by a PM.