Best of luck to you in your endeavors .

The present owner was attempting to renovate and live in one side.

As I was making progress, the time I was putting towards my RE endeavor became dearer than my hourly job rate - so I asked for a raise knowing it'll be better off for them to keep me at the company yet I was prepared to be fired.Bottom line, it really depends on the culture of your company and the people you're working with; I got referrals, referred peers to my realtor, got a (60%) raise, and even a request for a future JV.

Wish you all the success on your endeavors!

I'd work my tail off to help them out through their endeavors as much as possible to learn as much as I can first hand.

Hello John, and good luck on your endeavor.

Congrats on your new license endeavor.

That then becomes an unlawful foreclosure in attempting to secure collateral, that is a civil matter and can be criminal under state laws.

It seems to me either the government should get out of the loan business for English, History, and basket weaving students and let and the lenders deal with these borrowers at their own risk and face the possibility of actual student default, and bankruptcy protection, or qualify these taxpayer backed, non-defaultable loans by insuring the quality of the academic endeavor (sic STEM).  

I think you have other issues at hand that need dealing with before you attempt a career in real estate, because real estate will be harder than your real job and you'll deal with personalities and situations similar or worse than your current job, especially at first until you accumulate some experience.