Take a good look at student housing see below.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

Take a good look at student housing see below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

He has student loans which he should have paid off in 5yrs (he puts a lot towards them monthly).  

Take a good look at student housing see below.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

Please feel free to comment or offer advice.Year 1:- find an apartment to rent that's closer to work (I commute about 1 hr, 45 mins one way)- pay off debt (~$10k student loans, ~$5k car, ~$3k credit card @ 0% apr for another yr)- live frugally and save as much as I can (my goal is to save $20k)- learn as much as I can about real estate investingYear 2:- decide on a market to invest in (*)- decide on a strategy (leaning towards buy and hold, either single families or small multi-families)- start creating systems for marketing and lead generation (I think this is key for my long-term goals)- possibly start making offers (depends on financing and location)- save money from job income (goal is $40k)Years 3-5:- make deals- seek higher salary(*) NYC and its suburbs are quite expensive.

You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookYou might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

A lot of that stuff taught in school students never use in real life unless they have specific professions that require it.There are programs on the market now in Excel where they have Macro's and you simply input numbers and solve for XX return.Residential is definitely less math intensive whereas commercial where value is mostly based off of calculations it is ultra important to have at least mastered the basics.  

They both would probably be happy to send out an email to their student list serves.  

They need to take the courses to satisfy state requirements that are often irrelevant and do not address much of what students really need to know about the real estate business.