. $1500 10 years ago is crazy - I guess education has been democratized since then and places like Udemy can scale educational content in ways others can.

It's great education for the rest of us.

I am wondering if anyone would recommend any real estate investing courses, podcasts, books, or any other educational material that has helped them in their own career? 

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

Thats 80k you are sending on your education, consider it an investment. 

Her dad left Abu a small grocery store.Chinese women at the time received no formal education.

We are well visited for our 3 tier 1 universities, the research triangle park, travelling educators and nurses, and students.

A Roth IRA, as I'm sure you are educated on, will grow tax-free and you can withdrawal tax-free in your retirement. 

My wife and I are both currently public school educators and I also happen to be a coach.

I am seeing a ton of investors spending money on education to get into bigger deals at an accelerated rate only to retreat back to buying the properties  that were of appropriate size and undertaking.