It may some disgruntled students who joined, but realized real estate was not for them, and sued to get their money back. 

You came to the right place to learn more about real estate investing!

With him being a Real Estate guy, I cant see him doing something that would put a huge blow to the industry.Maybe the majority of our building materials is produced domestically?

The one nice thing about achieving financial freedom through real estate is we have the luxury to say this and change our lives. 

I, like you, am a managing partner of a holding company, but unlike you, we are heavy into the real estate space.

The answer to your question probably depends on other lifestyle factors, and your goals with your real estate portfolio.

:If they were good at real estate, they'd be in real estate, not education.Exactly.

At some point you buy and fix up real estate to eventually sell it and live the life you desire.One piece I would make sure to consider is the current condition and rents for the duplexes before you put them on the market.

I have been a Real Estate investor for about 35 years and have never experienced such incompetence.

This was pre-internet for this sort of thing, so I drove into town and grabbed all of the real estate magazines from the Maverick.