I doubt you would be able to get your money back at this point but im not sure how much value you will get from them vs spending that “class” or meeting time reading a real estate book or connecting with local investors. 

Any books you can recommend?

Catherine id highly recommend spending a full day or two consuming youtube videos that specifically go into detail about this process, theres so much to teach and writing this whole thing out would literally be a whole book.

We're involved in a curriculum right now, and are also reading a bunch of books and binging on Bigger Pockets podcasts.

Dave Ramsey books can help people get out of debt, if that's the case, but you'll have to graduate beyond his recommendations otherwise you'll be debt free but not wealthy.

I'm reading up on books and articles on how to do this but sometimes it's easier to join social groups or talk to people close to me that have done it before.Right now my goal is to get pre-approved for a loan and to learn from others.

You can read The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by @J Scott as a guide, but the current numbers for your area will be different.Don't let someone tell you that you can just do per square foot.

You should read more books on this topic because you haven’t even scratched the surface.

People don't book to stay inside the home; they come for the experience around it.  

Your advisor is right on in my book.