Is this standard practice in the legal field?

How important is finding a mentor in this field, and what is the best way to connect with experienced professionals who can provide guidance and support?

You have a lot of properties around the colleges as well that can be rented to students or since its next to a couple of Hospitals the Nurses, Doctors, and other medical staff pay good rents.

Basically, they do not want lawyers to deduct the cost of law school and doctors to deduct their medical school - which sort of makes sense. 

But you wouldnt want the "extremely gifted" medical student to perform brain surgery on you if they have never done an operation before in their life right?

However, I'm just starting out and looking for some guidance on where to begin my journey.I've done some research online, but I'd love to hear from those with experience in this field.

. :-)There is such a low bar to entry into the field, and frankly it is an incredibly complex job (once again, to do it right) Heck, I even had a license (in Cali) back in the day.

Having worked in and around real estate including loan side for both residential and smaller specialized commercial (medical), renovation and new construction/new build with a broker & brokerage founder (who has since retired) I know from him that in addition to reputable property managers, contractors and architects we had accountants including a forensic accountant on the loan side and a handful of real estate attorneys with one on retainer.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.  

I hope to have personal credit and tax issues resolved but I know that will be at minimum 6 to 8 months' time assuming no more medical emergencies or health issues.