You could also read the classic "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki and some of the books published by experts right here on BP in the area of interest that you resonate with.I hope this helps with your starting point.

Expert house flippers can’t stress this enough.

Not really a big deal and you'll be seen as more of an expert as an appraiser than a Realtor as your training goes beyond their level of education.

I would definitely seek the advice of an expert, though.

You can learn a ton from the real estate experts on the site.Best of luck to you!

I also have a background in education (BS and MS) so I'm sure you'll do very well :-) There's a lot of excellent information given for free here from the novice to the expert.

As you already know, you can learn a ton from the real estate experts on the site.Best of luck to you!

If you have some experts in that area, that will be interesting to me.

You generally don't get that when you are dealing with private/family money because they are looking to you as the expert and may not fully understand investing in real estate.

But then again, I'm new to this and no expert.