I doubt you'd have enough kool-aid to gag the experience down.    

One of my key principles is to aid first time buyers when I sell. 

On the federal level though, Fannie and Freddie could have property condition exceptions to aid funding loans for said distressed houses.   

Hey Bola,The company my agent quoted is called Mutual Aid eXchange (MAX). 

The closest thing I have found is retail arbitrage, or online flipping / drop shipping / amazon sales.

They will either have a low paying but meaningful career such as Police, Fireman, Teachers and Teachers Aides, Bus Drivers etc.

Also Legal Aid in OC makes it more difficult to evict a non paying tenantsand theres a lot of statewide laws for more protections for renters. 

I went to a private school and the closest thing I learned to finance was when we were taught how to balance a checkbook. 

NYTIMESFortunately, once again, the rural, "red states" are coming to the rescue:"Still, New York is set to receive significant federal assistance from the $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package: $5.95 billion in direct aid and another $4 billion for schools, a City Hall spokeswoman said."

A degree isn’t necessary for building a business in real estate....neither is one for being s realtor......the closest functional degree is economics but even that is fluff(minored in economics) most of what is in these college degree programs is all theory.