We were all studying engineering & during classes with a professor he told us about a black waterproof hydraulic cement impervious to salt damp that we could use to supplement the first course of the wall.

Education is great but action supersedes it because, with action, you are acquiring educational experiences that likely resonate much more than any professor or book could do. 

My sophomore year at college my finance professor expressed to me that what I wanted to do was "financially irresponsible and completely impossible."

I'm a professor at a dental school and my wife is an now an agent.  

Travelling nurses, visiting professors and people in the witness protection program could be your potential tenants. 

Cruikshank is a great read as its written by a practicing investor and an a professor in Harvard. 

Thus, you should request personal reference be from past or current employers, professors or even friends and relatives.

I am currently working an adjunct teaching ESOL part time and I am planning to apply to graduate school to become a professor.

(I suppose I ought to admit that I am a university professor; however, I actually agree with some of @Tim Gordon's statements about colleges being the biggest gurus of them all.

One is more college students and one is more college professors, with purchase price to match.The other area you speak of is a decent one too.