That's the trade-off.

I have a chat group with friends who all invest and we're always trading notes. 

Houston area primarily - have a good management company and good trades honed after a few bad lease turns.

I have also been lucky enough to have been working with a real estate firm here in DFW that focuses primarily on due diligence of Freddie Mac multifamily securitizations for B-Piece buyers, so I've been able to hone my multifamily due diligence and underwriting skills in this field for the past 2 years on top of our self-education.At this time, we're focused on acquiring a duplex/triplex in the DFW metroplex (focused in the Irving/Las Colinas, Coppell, Carrollton/Farmers Branch, Richardson and Trinity Groves/Medical District areas in Dallas, as well as some of the surrounding submarkets on a deal-by-deal basis), with the plan to house-hack.

Even if you don't go to a 4 year university a trade school may be a good option.

@Aaron Fletcher, this will be my 3rd time suggesting Ninja Selling: Subtle Skills, Big Results by Larry Kendall on the forums.

Any other hints and tricks of the trade would be greatly appreciated.2.

What is your background and what are you specifically looking for and what kind of skills are you looking to gain? 

They probably aren't going to teach you about marketing yourself, your area, and real world skills.

Here’s my point: maybe I am “good” at networking but if so I don’t think it’s skill, it’s effort.