You should be earning money and educating yourself simultaneously throughout this entire process.If you can have a 2-4 years of "on the job training" under a RE professional and $20k-$30k saved up >>(with NO debt)<< by the time you finish your finance degree then you will be in a pretty good place.Good luck!

In SF, I don’t recall seeing much of a stall in rents during the 2008 recession but I do recall a decline in the dot com crisis.

It’s train or trained .

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

There are a few parts of town that get visitors regularly throughout the year, because there is an air force training program that has a graduation every Friday basically all year.

Have you had any training on it?   

There is a lot of them out there Call the number you see on the signs you see on the side of the road Go to real estate clubs Train your wholesaler Look on bigger pockets marketplacePassionTell everyone you know about your newfound love of real estate investing and people will want to help youCh. 10 Which Properties Make the Best Rentals?

FWIW I do 1 day trainings in my local REIA on subjet to. 

If you setup a Dr. office would you try and bill insurance by yourself without any training?

She is willing to train me in everything as she has been a realtor for 30 plus years.