It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

Quote from @Erick Pena: A "good" rental property is one that covers all expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, property management fees, and any other costs) and still leave a surplus (commonly referred to as cash flow).Calculate cash flow as: Cash Flow = Rental Income − Operating Expenses − DebtThere's much more to it, but that's the basic idea.

@Dwane Twente so this is basically a rental arbitrage company.   

Same basic structure they asking price is a suggestion, I offer what I think is a workable number for me and we negotiate to the "middle";  though the middle is not halfway, we never "split the difference". 

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

Managing your budget is basically advertising as needed.

You'll want to put together a personal financial statement (basically lists of all your assets and liabilities) and have your tax returns ready.

Basically what we have is a pretty “average” real estate opportunity investment.  

It was basically a gut job.

James and his people who manage the program are nice and give basic sales and negotiation advice but not much that moves the needle in any situation.