Ed spoke, I believe, primarily of due diligence examinations from activities of the secondary market.

Introduction to Business Finance is an basic overview of financial management and lightly examines the use of funds, timing of work flows and capital requirements.

I am going to kind of disagree with what is being said hereIf I were you I wouldn't even consider getting a real estate license because having a real estate license doesn't make getting real estate deal any easier, it will cost you money and your liability goes way up compared to being a regular investor.You don't need to learn anything more!

As a former landlord I can't state that I disagree either.

I can read the title examination and abstract and assess the risk on a quick holding period, I can also go to court and defend myself in any title claim, if need be, I can pay for expert defenses, and fight claims.

I am not in the business of disagreeing with legal counsel, but you may want to simply chat up another attorney to see what their take on the matter is around your specific situation, they may be other opinions.

Generally banks do not participate in non-banking activities (like residential leasing)... but I am not a bank examiner.

I disagree with Patrick D.

I'm confident I can find good language for all the recommendations I've learned about on this site- wanting to know if anyone else has-- I respectfully disagree that it is common to spend $2500 on a commercial contract for a MF property as small as 18 units.First of all, submit a letter of Intent.

In court they used the fact that I had evicted a black man and rented to a white woman as de-facto proof of my discriminatory actions.I countered with the defense that while I had no problem with renting to any color of person and would never favor one color over another - nothing in the law says that I have to rent to the annoying or the disagreeable ******** of the world.