I'm learning the investment side now and have studied a lot!

Sorry to say, but much of all that is the  fire hose.Like any industry you begin by learning about the product and the rules of the industry.You need to learn real estate basics before you try to  learn how to deal in real estate.I suggest you get a text book  for Realtors to study for their license, that is the meat of the industry in all states, but states are unique.You'll then find out that real estate is unique and is not dealt with like personal property.

In the end, I never had to move or sell my house, I kept most of the rental property (for some reason she didn't think they were worth much or didn't want to deal with them), and was used to living on almost nothing, so once it was all over, it was like all of a sudden having a large amount in extra cash each month because it wasn't being spent immediately upon hitting the bank account. as a result of maintaining a level headed relationship with my ex however, we didn't need to liquidate or sell the business we still have (as our lawyers were trying to convince us to do)... hopefully in the end things will become very good for you also.   

I started studying real estate in December and will be moving up to Portland to buy my first Multi-family at the end of this year.

The building is run down and yard is not maintained.  

What I understand to be the biggest difference is the bank that gives the loan maintains responsibility of the loan and doesn't sell to a third party.

Best wishes to your wife in her studies. 

I am still very much interested in real estate investing, primarily rehab to flip or rehab to rent, but on a part time basis while maintaining my career at this point.

But for less than the cost of an hour or two with most real estate lawyers, you could buy the entire real estate investment library for whatever your strategy ( and you would have some better questions for your professionals after self study anyway)... best of luck..

Igor,I am in the same boat, I don't think any employer or client will care where I studied for my test.