The real value as an investor is having access to the MLS & as an entrepreneur in general having another potential income stream like your buddy does.

Hello Fellow real estate entrepreneurs!

GerberThe Pumpkin Plan...And all the other books by Mike MichalowiczSteet Smarts: An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs by Norm BrodskyLifeonaire by Steve CookI personally got alot out of Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business by Paul Downs (really for business owners with employees)

There are more entrepreneurs now than in the past and I see it will keep growing.As for value, the quote "You get what you paid for" holds true. 

Forgive the side trail, just eager to gain understanding in this arena so I can transition from employee to entrepreneur.

It is a very detailed business and is sort of opposite the personality of most entrepreneurs/real estate investors. 

It's called Central Ohio Real Estate Entrepreneurs (COREE) and they have one main monthly meeting and three monthly subgroup meetings. www.centralohioreia.com.

No one will invest with you or work with you if you don't have a track record as a successful real estate investor, entrepreneur or business person in the past.Then, you need to get educated on the apartment syndication terminology and process so that you can communicate effectively with team member and investors and understand how to find, evaluate, submit offers on, conduct due diligence on, and asset manage apartment deals.

I'm sure you can attest; time management is definitely one of the biggest struggles that I face as an entrepreneur.

Likely, this is why you are interested in being and entrepreneur, and this also explains why they prefer to see you heading toward academia.Many students take a gap year; could you tee up your idea of technical school with that slant?