I'm in the healthcare field and finishing up my MBA in two months.

And believe it or not, MBA students would only rent short term in my experience.  

I learned that MBA students usually stayed short-term, and art or music students no matter their age are usually still into partying LOL.We found a niche with law students, and rented mainly tiny studios.  

Working on my essay writing skills!

I then weed those down to 2-5 people and send them 8-10 essay style questions to be able to judge their english.

If you want to work more on the white collar side of RE such as being a syndicator, RE lawyer, commercial broker, REIT portfolio manager, lender, etc. then a degree will be more appropriate and the best degree would be one specific for what you want to do in RE: law, BA, finance, MBA with competence in RE, etc.

The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you.

The personal MBA

Lowest MBA mortgage market index since '97, and it is going to get worse.

Now I live in Evergreen, Colorado, just outside Denver and still have the Chicago 2-flat - can't afford to get rid of it yet.My background includes an MBA from University of Chicago, software engineering for mobile phones, web site development, information technology consulting, and business coaching.