Both were academically forecasted to continue appreciating and depreciating respectively.

Academically, if you want a comparable education in the Tulsa area, you better be looking at private schools.  

I have wholesaled 100's of properties, flipped dozens of properties and built cash flow to achieve financial freedom.I attended College of Charleston on academic scholarship, receiving a B.A. degree in Urban Planning.I was elected and served as president of the student body.In Summer of 2005, I moved to New Orleans as part of the disaster relief effort, where I honed my negotiation skills settling insurance claim disagreements between contractors, homeowners and insurance companies.

One of the best academic/sports high school in all of Georgia.   

I have roughly 25k saved up from working, and my college fund no longer needed (got an academic scholarship); but without a "salary" I am afraid I will not qualify for anything at a decent rate. 

Moreover, our lackluster academic careers could have been pursued while simultaneously pursuing RE!

Professor Hill's academic experience is from Howard undergrad and an MBA from Wharton in real estate finance.

My university had 3 paths for the major: Real Estate, Finance, and Law.I think real estate finance will really help you understand both the academic side of IRR/NPV/Cap Rate/GRM/etc and being on BP you can network and learn the application and relevance of the academia.What part of finance interests you the most?

Harvard has the largest academic institution endowment fund in the world.

Keep up the good academic work (3.8GPA), and keep learning!