Greetings,In your professional opinion, what is the best accredited, online school to take take for real estate courses before taking the state exam?

I gave PPR Note Co (Dave Van Horn’s shop) a call, but it looks like they said they are now putting all but a scant few performing notes into their fund which is only open to accredited investors (which I am not).

This approach allowed me to take advantage of passive activity losses and the 8582 form, which is crucial for accredited investors investing in private placements.

Assuming you are accredited, have you thought about syndicated investments? 

Until you have a few deals under your belt, I'd stick with either HML or private money lenders who could/do qualify as accredited investors.  

At the moment, most RECF offerings are limited to accredited investors only.

@Joshua Joshua D.undefinedI don't believe there are really successful people who haven't cracked an accredited text book, one thing about money, after you make it you begin to work on how to keep it, you do that as you begin making your little fortune.

In a fund model the investor makes his money over time and the economics to the managers are in large part directly tied to the return we achieve for our investorsReduced management time / ability to be hands off – we would suggest that for most accredited investors, the amount of time it takes to properly understand and optimize the performance of the business, even if it can be achieved at all from a long distance and without becoming a specialist, is probably better spent on other activitiesBenefit from greater economies of scale than one can achieve with individual purchases – everything from materials purchasing, rehab crews, property management etc.Advantages on debt – specifically: Funds’ debt is non-recourse to investors whereas individuals’ debt is typically fully recourse to their other assets in a worst case scenarioFor many foreign investors debt leverage is not available at all or not on competitive terms, so this is a particular improvement for foreign investorsEnhanced exit scenarios, specifically becoming attractive as an institutional roll-up, with the better potential exit valuation that may drive vs. a one-by-one sale scenarioWe have bought and managed 2000+ homes in a range of markets for institutional investors in the past few years and so definitely bring best-in-class management experience to the venture.

I am doing all this because I have an awesome 9 year old in the autism spectrum and I need to minimize my work hours so I can homeschool him (with the help of the homeschooling community, no socialization concerns)Thank you very much for your time, and looking forward making this happen this year; if the numbers  and the timing make cents ;)

If you are like me, left the corporate world after about 20yrs, I loved the aspect of investing in RE, even bought a handful of SFRs and duplex, fourplexes...learned a lot....but had I know I could invest w/experts as a passive investor and get returns equal to or greater than DIY investing, I would have got into large apartment investing earlier.If you are accredited, there are experienced folks that know how to find the right markets, deals, and execute essentially value add re-positioning of older apartments (like flipping but more sophisticated and over a 3-5 yr period).