I have a finance background but only took a few undergrad courses in real estate at Butler University a few years ago.

Or should I get started right after undergrad?

I have 2 sets of duplexes that tend to draw graduate students because of the location (farther from campus and in an established neighborhood) and a house that draws undergrads. 

When possible we like a blanket lease holding everyone responsible, but with undergrads, this is almost impossible to enforce and administratively difficult.  

For example... what did my accounting class mean to me when I was in undergrad and not working in a professional role?

@Mohamad Omais My undergrad was in finance as well.

I have student load debt from undergrad and graduate school.

Welcome Ryan,I agree with juzamjedi's advice, If I knew what I know now while I was an undergrad - I wouldn't have applied and maxed out all of my credit cards, only to get into trouble paying them back after graduation (credit card companies are always looking for grace when they screw up, but if you screw up - you're screwed (with the exception of DiscoverCard - they are a bit more forgiving - well, in my dealings with them)).

Went to FAMU in my undergrad in SBI.

It is hard at your age to become a full time real estate investor, and you won't find a job making a ton of money either.Ideally, you finish your university degree, do well, get a good job, work a couple of years and use that income to buy a few rental properties as a solid base, then go into RE full time.I bought my first rental at in 2007 in my first year of my undergrad business degree at Schulich.