Check out Getrefm.comCourses by former Georgetown professor. 

I found it really helpful to network with all of my professors and I applied for any and every mentor program. 

Like my business law professor always said: "You can sue a ham sandwich."

The last 4 years, I have been working corporate rentals in Tampa Florida which is very exciting due to so many industries from traveling nurses, oil fields, college professors, traveling businesses, sellers that already sold their home and waiting to close, insurance claims (which are my big ones)...etc.

next semester i am planning on doing an independent study with my finance professor about real estate investing and finance. does anyone know of any good books/text books that i could use as the foundation for this course?

Interestingly, I also studied a study by USC professor where he aggregated the data from over 30 years (starting 1975) to predict the boom-bust 7-year cycles.

In my market, my vision is to buy & hold with maybe a few flips along the way and be financially independent by age 50 (i'm 28 now).I don't want to get into a ton of debt (if at all) and my real estate law professor said tax liens are a unique vehicle for that strategy, but I don't know how they work or if they're riskier than I think they are.Anyone have any insight on how they work in Ohio, or success/horror stories in tax lien certificates in any other states?

Send a short letter with your listing to the major employers in your area; also send it to the universities for visiting adjunct professors who stay a year or less. 

Hey Sela,Your professor is correct in terms of the fundamentals of real estate, buy low and sell high.

Some of the classes I took were definitely a scam with my guru professor mandating that we buy his book!