I'm technically not in violation of any law or ordinance by sending the 60-day notice because my tenant has not fulfilled his obligation to pay rent or provided formal notice and documentation, but second lawyer said he wouldn't proceed with eviction. 

I know other local RE investors well enough to potential ask that they take on my child’s continuing RE education and I think it would be in both of our best interests.  

@Zach Lemaster I think that is a great point; we are getting a phenomenal education along the way, and it is a heck of a lot cheaper than college. 

, or is having a real estate license in any state fulfill this requirement? 

Quote from @Virginia VanOeveren: To start as a private money lender, educate yourself on real estate investing and lending practices, define clear loan criteria, and conduct thorough due diligence on borrowers and properties.

That way you have a contract that is specific to your area and at the same time have an established relationship with an attorney in case anything ever comes up.If you want a boilerplate contract, I am happy to share some of ours, but they are more specific to Chicago/Illinois law.Here is a blog that we wrote on what should be included in your contract:This article is for educational purposes only.

Bogleheads was the source of most of my formative personal finance education (for ~14 years), and it’s relevant because the SWR discussions there are typically in the 2-4% range.

But we can stay educated on trends.

I’ve been self-educating  about real estate for about 4 months now.

.: I wanted to get involved in land investing and made a post about it during the summer and have continued to look at it until now.I was questioning if I should trust a land guru in my area so I asked about it and got some feedback.So then I have searched for land investing education programs and a name was at the top on google and I saw he had a lot of information out there.I did research on him and watched a lot of his videos and it all sounded good but I heard him talk about how he now owns over 1000 doors in multi family, so I started thinking about it.