We've added a clause in  our lease that during unusually cold weather the tenants must leave at least one faucet dripping slowly at night (or when away) to avoid pipes bursting.  25 degrees may not seem "unusually cold" in many parts of the country but here in the south our water lines aren't sunk deep in the ground as they are in other parts of the country.   

@Chinmay J.I heard the other day of a kid about to graduate with an entrepreneurial degree...

Also, I also did not have a degree related to real estate but decided to go to "the school of hard knocks" meaning I worked part time for my landlord (odd jobs around his properties) - he would add up my hours at the EOM and subtract from what I owed him in rent - obviously not a conventional employment opportunity, but it allowed me to learn my way around rentals, spend time with an investor .. and lower my rent! 

However my degree is in Psychology, but I've really been interested in Real Estate lately.

Especially in older homes where no angle is 90 degrees. 

As far as finance, the investing books also contain a degree of that as investing and financing go hand to hand.

I'm just not sure if it's worth my time to start out as a broker, especially if I decide later on that I'd like to pursue other areas of the real estate industry.I don't have an MBA or MRED, but am wondering if I'd need to acquire one of those degrees in order to even get my foot in the door with an entry level non-broker real estate job.

I have been taking college classes for 2 semesters and intend on going to USC/UCLA to attain a Bachelors degree by 2018-2019.

I'm also a teacher and did do the whole master's degree thing only to quit 4 years in.

Benefits, free college (although I don't care for the idea of college, it could be nice to have a degree), the pride in wearing a uniform, etc.