With real estate you have an opportunity with both high risk and high reward, become an entrepreneur, and obtain financial freedom all without needing any college education.

But I do have $33,000 in a legacy rollover IRA that a certified financial planner invests for me, and I will tell you that I think of that money as peanuts when it comes to retirement income, as any reasonable person should.All the people I am still in touch with from high school and college have, at best, two nice cars, a nice home, a stack of monthly bills a mile high, family photos take by professionals, and money saved up in a 401K.

Hey Matt, I view credit scores like SAT scores as they relate to the college admission process.

This is money to go to college on in three months.  

I started in real estate investing right out of college at 23 years old in 2003.

Roommates are great during your college years, but when you are a full grown adult working and living life, you don't want to be sharing space with strangers; I sure didn't when I moved out of my parents house.

Theses programs are for literacy, college preparation, job preparation.

I'm sure the local community colleges and Tech schools all have classes. 

I am a recent college graduate from UNM with my bachelors in Economics.

There is no secondary market for these securities and I'm prepared to pay my tuition to the College of Hard Knocks in the form of losing my investment.