No, material costs sit nearly identical.

The first way is build a team large enough to do it all in house, now you have a crew lead who can go estimate time and materials to get jobs done. 

Reading/listening to bigger pockets material (books, podcasts, etc).

Many sophisticated Sellers will want to try and understand which Buyer possesses the highest probability to close and materials like this can certainly assist.  

Even Do Hard Money that advertised 100% 100% you had to spend 3k on their training materials up front and spend 600.00 per loan submission.. so you needed up front money and also have to advance on the draws..

For the course I'm looking into, they not only present some educational materials, but AFAIK also offer their resources in each market (i.e. lenders, PMs, inspectors, etc..).

It will cost about 2.5 times more on material as well as install, but something that will look nice & last you many years to come.

Meaning you need to know what materials are hardened enough for a rental but are also cost effective.

Additionally, if there are any resources or reading materials that you could recommend to help me learn more about this process, I would greatly appreciate it.

@Champ LeongInvestment - the action or process of investing money for profit or material result.Unfortunately, nope