Now we have murals on the side of my house and West Point professors buying the townhomes next to me for literally 50 times more than I paid for my property just a few years ago.

Definitely read "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow..And 36 Other Key Financial Measures," by Frank Gallinelli (the Columbia professor from BP podcasts).

You would go to college to network with high-income individuals (professors if you'd consider them as such) and use them as references to your character if you ever need it (it would definitely come in handy).

It has genuinely helped with the laser focus on my real estate journey.In 2020 I will continue to network in my area as a newer investor, gladly continuing being a sponge but being more proactive in acquisitions and getting into the habit of analyzing deals (hypothetical BRRRR, rental, and wholesale).I also plan on taking my real estate license exam at the end of this year as I'm enrolled in my final RE courses, taking advantage of professors' experience in the industry and learning the market through various lenses.All in all it does seem like a promising year!

However, the professor, who owned many in apartment buildings in Fullerton, CA, encouraged me to invest in real estate and became a close friend. 

Went back to MassArt as a Continuing Ed Professor trying to teach starving artist how to make money in a field where they are taken advantage of.

(I was present in the January session for a presentation by Katrina Korfman - professor at Rochester University and one of the founders of the Rochester lead program - She stated that program was successful as it "made it economically, politically, and morally unacceptable to tolerate lead exposure to our children" )In 2019 I finished my broker's license and opened LaPlante Real Estate, a full service brokerage specializing in property management.

I am a tenured college professor and also pretty successful in REI. 

Here's the take from a current Stanford professor who has taught at several academic institutions in the Country on the issue; he comes from a couple of relavent areas on it if you look up his interviews on YouTube it is clear, the topic is not relavent in today's Entrepreneural climate whether it's RE Investing or any other pursuit, equal opportunity has been ever present and continues to be so....  

This was written by two Stanford professors who actually obtained a great sample size of millionaires,.. and the typical one is frugal, buys used cars, doesn't fly first class etc...