You are seriously through the fence in left field and into the parking lot.

I have a real estate finance degree, but decided to pursue a different career field post graduation.

Go to school and finish “ No Quitting” One went to college and graduated, with no debt because they worked all through college and applied to enough scholarships to make your head spin.One left home early and found consistent employment currently a young supervisor( now married with kids)The last one stayed home like first one got a trade in the electrical field (graduated).Then I told them no outside debt, you are getting houses.

I give 25% upside to home field advantage, meaning the property is local, I know the streets/neighbors, and I can see it touch it smell it any time of the day. 

You're getting ready to take on the challenging field of real estate development, which is brave of you, my friend!

But nowadays, it often seems that's all there is in the way of new blood in the field.

I am in the medical field and want to dip my hands into real estate.  

And, if you want to really see how LPs feel in a non public environment, there’s an “LP only” forum on Left Field Investors that discussed “red flag” sponsors that investors won’t work with again. 

Just curious if anyone has any experience getting into real estate investing via becoming a home inspector and kind of grasping the field.

This entails building personal/working relationships with people successful in the field.