Learn form IKEA:  Your advertisements and the tours of your property must convince people why they want to deal with you, buy, rent or sell to you.  

Maybe find a friend in construction to tour the house with you and give their opinion.

Video tour of vacant property accessible online to potential tenants to save time.  

I'm looking to:- consider different markets - tour potential houses - network with other investors (can be in REIAs or a over a lunch on me) - network with investor friendly agents - hopefully make some connections that will give me boots on the ground as this is particularly difficult from Switzerland.

However, what she can do exquisitely well is tour a property without me, give me an *accurate* rent estimate, take a contractor she knows with her, assess how easy/hard the property will be to rent out, etc. 

Housing Tours?

“What regulations govern tenant screening.”Physical VisitIf you cannot visit the property manager's office in person, ask them to give you a video tour of their office.Is the office neat and orderly?

I didn't invest in Real Estate so I could be a tour guide and drive family/friends by the properties I own and brag about it.

When you get accepted go on the campus tours talk to some of the students and decide then not now if college is right for you.In the interim do everything you can to expose yourself to real estate you might realize you don't like it or that people will not take you seriously as an agent because of your age or you might realize that you found your calling but its always best to have multiple options available to you once you graduate.

Google the area and study the amenities close by followed by a Google "street view" virtual tour. 3.