By the way, if you don't know who Charles Van Doren is (you might recognize the name somewhere in the back of your mind), he was the academic portrayed by Ralph Feinnes in the film QUIZSHOW about the 1950s gameshow scandal where they were giving Charles Van Doren the answers to the questions they asked him while he was in the isolation booth.

Most recently, I've been a clinical social worker working in chemical and crisis mental health settings and published an academic text after completing my graduate assistantship in 2012.

There's always a classroom/academic portion of the training during which they say "it will make more sense once you do it and get hands-on" Fortune favors the bold.I would focus on figuring out what your long-term goals are, then use that goal to figure out your asset class/niche, then find your team (agent, lender, property management, contractors), and just start looking for deals.

I was top of my class in high school and have a competitive academic record, good character, and great social skills, yet still haven't found success in applying for internships.

Your observation is very interesting and I'm sure that some academics will write papers about this one day. 

Cap rates on paper are academic, the school of hard knocks is the real educator.

The question is purely academic and theoretical, in this market the FHA offer will just be thrown in the trash, without even being presented to the seller, no matter your offer, by the listing agent.

I'll definitely consider having parents as co-worker signers of lease if the tenant isn't a grad student or academic instructor

I have been extremely disciplined and driven throughout wrestling, working during college, and academics.

Background: I'll be starting medical school this next academic year.