Please run-a-way these gurus there model is text book salemenship and they give you minimum amount of information until you purchase there product.

I almost envision this as a textbook or case studies that contains examples of different deals and how they are structured.

LOL its funny people can put others in an others shoes and (seemingly) know every system/person.If snake oil fixes an ailment go for it...if a newspaper column, text book, word of mouth, an "experienced" investor or what ever "educated" person &/or program looks good & helps get a deal &/or exposed to something like BP...doing deals etc then why bash it?

It'll answer a lot of your questions, give you some great starting points, free forms, and they give you a free 'textbook' of the proper way to handle just about every situation (I referenced it about every week when I was first starting).

They are just giving the text book answer; put your business in an LLC to protect yourself.

Also, what did you guys study most for the Kaplan online exams, the workbook or the textbooks?

Books and textbooks.

However, I read the textbook cover to cover and took tons of test prep.Most people fail not because a lack of knowledge, but a lack of wisdom when taking the test.

The internet can really teach a lot, like an unabridged text book, written by all kinds.

Gerber http://amzn.to/1Bs4HEh Many people I talk to don’t understand that the difference between owning a business and owning a job is about building systems and Gerber does a great job of explaining it.One other book I almost hate to recommend but do because it does a really good job with why a team is critical and who should be on it is The Real Book of Real Estate by Kiyosakihttp://amzn.to/13bv4AO It reads almost like he wrote it to make up for some of the others that came out under his name.For a deeper dive Peter Linneman’s textbook Real Estate Finance and Investments: Risks and Opportunities, 3rd Edition http://amzn.to/10Jo5xR is Wharton MBA level knowledge served up by a guy not only started Wharton’s real estate program and ran it for 30 plus years but he’s done plenty of deals himself and now is chief economist at NAI/Global, one of the big international CRE brokerage firms.