Why don't you move to SF for the summer. You could do something like a summer program at Stanford

http://www.summer.stanford.edu/programs/program/undergraduat...

Maybe you can even swing transferring to something like deanza community college for the spring.

Basically, you'd be taking almost no risk vs staying in school where you are at, plus you can do the startup thing.

I never really understood the point of going into real estate if you're not interested in it. Its not like money falls from the sky right off the bat in that industry.