As important as it is to find a good school, I think the most important factor is finding an energetic/lively instructor since the real-estate curriculum can get very dry and boring.

I agree Alex, and that is why it is not a cut and dry interest rates rise = lower prices.

If you want to live in the cheapest rent area, look for 4-plex, but once you are there, you don’t want to live there...Gangster, drugs, robbery, break-in...Bikes all the over the places, clothes hanging on the patio for sun drying, very messy look... neighborhood are extremely run down, doesn’t look good at all...After looking at the run down and very ugly 4-plex area, most investors don’t have the appetite to invest there at all...Sorry for the negative comments...But it is the truth feeling...

Young, college debt, average credit, commission income with small salary, bank account dried up from move to new state.I want to house hack a single family home as my first investment.Any tips, suggestions, examples, ANYTHING to help me learn and follow a model of success would be greatly appreciated!!

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

Don't worry about offending me I have thick skin. 

Clays shrink as they dry, so in effect thesoil outside the footing settles faster than the soil around the home.

Banks or mortgage companies want YOU to have skin in the game.

They are asking you to do stuff for them with no skin in the game. 

Detroit is a hard market and many bad stories of agents and wholesalers leaving them dry or scamming them.