Thank you all for your valuable advice!

Food and water would be likely more valuable than gold if we were at the point where gold was looked at as a currency and not just a place where people flea to during times of fear.

If Amazon moves close to you the property gets more valuable.

I think if you are interested in full time corporate jobs in commercial real estate investing, then yes it will help you land that job, but otherwise there are plenty of other ways to learn that will be more valuable.

I made valuable connections by just saying hello to them, and now I’ve got boots on the ground to help me identify a new property or any neighborhood changes.

@Steven Steele I'm no mortgage expert, but I would guess you're probably not going to get approved for a mortgage without monthly income.

But having a solid mentor is more valuable in my opinion.

One way to tell if a wall is load bearing is if it sits right on top of a basement support post or on top of the steel I-beam or wooded carriage beam that spans across the basement.

A management company will not step in and make your payments if a tenant stops paying you, so while property managers perform a valuable function they are MANAGERS, not owners. 

Then I'd think about how he is dirt poor and how this S-box of a $1,500.00 car was probably the most valuable thing in his life, and he is a veteran.