That's what brought be to BP in the first place.As I big proponent of the learn by doing philosophy (it was literally the motto of my university), I'm ready to jump in, just not sure where to jump.I'm looking forward to joining the community.

My blog is all about my experience, model and philosophy.

But nonetheless you are likely able to get better returns with potentially less risk elsewhere - it all depends on your situation and investing philosophy.  

Oh and I'm also In college for a double major in civil engineering and philosophy(I love philosophy and want to publish in the field and I love applied physics).

They will sit on cash (Charlie Munger says you need to sit on $10 million for when that deal comes along - Berkshire's philosophy is to sit on $72 million) and when they see an opportunity for an undervalued asset/company with good fundamentals, they will go all in, and then sit on their hands and let it play out while looking for the next deal.  

Find a few professional operators to partner with that share a similar philosophy and strategy.

That way you have witnesses as per what they agreed to do in case you get sued.My philosophy in this business is, trust in God but lock your car.If you go to my file place you will find a huge amount of forms to use for the seller and the tenant buyer.If you go to my blog you will find a huge amount of resources lease option assignments.http://beta.biggerpockets.com/posts/user/REISkillsThis is just the seller side and this took me an hour of my time to type out. 

It's money out of their pocket for a deal that might not close which goes a little counter to some/much of their philosophy.  

There are tons of different philosophies and I LOVE The community.

I am talking about a philosophy along the same lines as investors following the high end coffee chains and free riding off of their research to buy in neighborhoods before becoming gentrified.