my plan is to study finance-related majors in the future, and then practice after having enough experience.

Quote from @Luca Perinuzzi: I'm studying for my real estate license, and plan to primarily work with investors once I'm licensed.

I’ve been studying real estate for the past few months, reading books and absorbing as much as I can.

Study more being a landlord and the importance of agreements and especially sec 8.

This includes meeting with the city, engineering, conducting required studies, plat maps, etc.

Would you use that type of in depth study?

If you want to make the opposite case, look at engineering degrees or point to the wage studies that show on average people with 4 year degrees make a lot more than those who have zero college.  

I don't have the time to study Bitcoin nor do I have the time or desire to study any individual company thus I invest my traditional retirement savings into low cost index funds.That being said, I do feel like I can study and become educated about my local residential real estate market and it is an interesting topic to me so that is where I spend my time, effort, and excess capital.Regarding, investment vs gambling. 

HiI have been studying the Poland real estate market and it looks quite promising.

Start studying comps and understand what is a good or bad deal and why.