In today's world a college education will open more doors and options than a HS diploma w/ real world experience will.With that said I am curious what paths other experienced investors have traveled and what their suggestions would be to our son. 

Boeing is laying of 15% of their workforce, so they don't project a growth in travel anytime soon.

I plan to visit the city as soon as travel allows with what's going on in the world.

Due to the complex nature of Self-Directed IRAs, it is helpful to have a custodian that will provide some much-needed guidance as you travel through the murky and confusing waters of the IRS tax code.Some IRA custodians have more complicated fee structures than others.

I'd like to track the properties I've analyzed, and have them all organized on a platform like google maps, where I can easily pin, find and amend custom property descriptions.

You guessed it, leisure travel.

Also, if you do need help somewhat infrequently, you can easily hire someone individually for part time which will be cheaper than management and also has no contract.

You have an easily fixable problem, which is your credit management, whereas most people have issues in getting the cash reserves to invest or a stable income.

Easily pass the bill on to tenants. 

In most of Houston, there is no zoning, so if I get a nice land and can easily put two or three offices for half a price of a single structure and rent them at half the cost of a regular small office, or buy a knock down house, level it and put up converted containers on it, possibly even add self storage components.