Small price to pay for the education you'll get, and the rates should be very competitive if you shop it.

I'm thinking this is probably a pass but want to use this as an opportunity to educate myself as well.

Avoid over-leveraging and ensure decent cash-flow is the advice I hear over and over on BiggerPockets.  

Hello BP members,I will be moving to San Diego in 2 weeks to attend SDSU to continue my education on real estate.

Ideas, even million dollar ideas are worthless if I have no leverage in this and I am not trusting that others have my best intentions.

Education by seminars and workshops are hard to decipher whether they are scams or people really wanting to give knowledge.

Another way to add value is to network in your local REIA, and provide education.

I liked having spent hours research markets and neighborhood and government programs, so that I felt more educated to have a conversation with my realtor, rather than him just tell me his opinion. 

You will need to get a lot more education before you do it, and for me, I would have to have a reserve before I think about flipping a house.

We also have a growing population of educated professional tenants that will target SFHs and absent landlords.