Besides the knowledge I get in college will be beneficial as far as real estate goes.  

@Lynn Burks while rental property may be good investment in general, it is more beneficial to own rental real estate under your name instead of in an IRA for couple reasons:1) There is no tax benefits (depreciation deduction)2) Leveraged real estate in your IRA is subject to UDFI taxIf you do flip homes in your IRA this maybe considered active business activity and will be subject to Unrelated Business Income Tax (I'm not a CPA, consult with the expert please).If you fund flips on the other hand, your IRA acting as a bank, this might be better for you.

Even if the brokers don't formally offer a "sponsorship" program, I plan to propose a mutually beneficial situation.

They don't make money when I buy homes instead of mutual funds.

So, I know firsthand how beneficial the program can be to low-income, hard working people.

The relationship should be one of mutual benefit and that means your are providing value to each other. 

It's a neat yet an odd experience for me to meet with a stranger just to talk about something we are mutually passionate about.

Beginning on 8/11, for better or worse, I will be working my new business full time, and I am eager to get out there and work with others to gain mutual success in investing.I have started with a couple of different marketing stabs so far, but I'm still digging for my first deal.  

The feeling is mutual sir as I would love to meet you as well to get some insight into how you and your wife started and how you got to the point where you are now.

I'm trying to figure out what would be more beneficial.