I think it definitely can be safer, but the specific degree of safety is going to be in how smart you are buying a property.

I am finishing my A.A degree and will take a semester off from school to figure out what I want to do.

I am currently looking into the DFW metroplex as I was born, raised, and also live here while I finish my degree at Southern Methodist University.

I have my degree in interior design and my husband is a licensed electrician and majority of his background is in building new construction.  

BTW, in addition to the bad review, they broke into the pool controls and set the pool temp to 103 degrees.

However, my wife will be staying behind to finish her Bachelor's degree and then catching up with me in Korea.

You are twenty, if you are working while in school and have potentially low costs of living put as much as you can into investment accounts that will grow exponentially, look up Financial freedom retire early as concepts you can adopt and start early, look for house hacking opportunities (aka find a home you can potentially partner with someone to buy or rent in your area with a decent amount of bedrooms, and then rent bedrooms out to friends) Anyways, learning how to put away a majority of your earning into things like Roths, Self directed IRA's or any other potential growing tool while you get your degree in your respective field/ go into working in that field will open up so many doors for investing in 5 to 10 years.

I think it's also good to have data entry and reconciliations handled by separate firms, as it will provide a degree of cross-checking.We use CRI Accounting for our accounting, and they do a fantastic job.

I don't feel that I ~need~ a degree for this career choice but would love to receive the education from college.

If not, then this might not make much sense, but get that degree nailed down and more importantly find ways to apply the knowledge that you are learning.