I agree. My neighbor bought in and started a franchised daycare, it didn't pan out too well aka Goddard School. They sold it after two years of frustration.
My opinon would be to continue in real estate, but work toward commercial. I own a commercial property which started out as a house(dump) that I rebuilt and updated to commercial in s small village. I have three good tenants, one of they is my wife who is an attorney. My next real estate adventure will be purchasing a house or duplex at OSU.