If one thinks of these as individual real estate portfolios rather than as speculative stocks, and therefore has the ability to ignore short to intermediate term market fluctuations, I believe  they can offer a superior investment opportunity for passive real property investment. 

There are different degrees of being non-compliant, some things you may get your hand slapped, but others will send you on a long vacation.

Quote from @Mark Rock: I’m 25 years old, and I recently graduated with a degree in construction engineering. 

As someone who was in your shoes as long time ago, with a newly minted finance degree, I can tell you to just keep going.

My goal is to build a strong foundation for long-term financial freedom while learning from experienced investors here in the BiggerPockets community.Professionally, I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a Specialization in Supply Chain Management and a Minor in Business Analytics.

When I'm there, in no way do I get some overwhelming degree of fear or anxiety that I'm at a high crime escape from NY element.

For most people it simply means doing the first few houses with an experienced partner.3) A lot of people went to college and spent a lot of money and learned a lot of (irrelevant) things and now have lots of debt and quickly found out their degree didn't impress anyone enough to give them a decent job.

I'm finishing up an MBA in Data Analytics at Clemson and hold a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.I'm preparing to co-found an LLC with a fellow Army Captain as a 50/50 partnership focused on long-term rentals and BRRRR projects, or potential flips depending on cash flow.

I am very familiar with the industry and have a 4 year degree in RE, so technically can go for my brokers license immediately.

@Robel Nessro if you're majoring in something like business management/finance/business, you'll certainly learn a lot of skills that you can transfer to numerous branches of REI...So, that type of college degree can give you multiple points of leverage (it can help you understand REI, while also helping you understand how to operate other businesses, while also qualifying you for W2 jobs--so, you can reap multiple rewards and have multiple options just from one college experience--that's great!)