Sure hoping I can take what I have learned in the institutional setting and apply it on a smaller scale. 

They are hands-off, institutional grade real estate investments, and they allow you the option to diversify.

As has been mentioned the key is finding an institution that's going to keep the loan in their portfolio.

I have heard that lending institutions want to see these additional payments to consider the buyer in a true lease option situation.

Trust that RECFs are here to say and are going to Rock the Real Estate, Lending, and Security Institutions to their core.  

This is only possible for high networth individuals and institutions with the capital- and staying power to invest and last longer than 12 years.This was just a brief journey into cultures that defy wealth creation from the bottom up.

It's the agents way of saying that there is something so screwed up with the house that no institutional lender will lend on it, or the seller is motivated primarily by speed.Regardless, you will want an inspection to look for this screwed up thing and solid estimates for repair cost. 

They are hands-off, institutional grade real estate investments, and they allow you the option to diversify.

Anyway, I am going to use Rockwell Institute's totally self-paced online classes, so add that to your list to check out.

I just moved to Philadelphia from California and want to get started in my RE career.After some research I have whittled down my options for the online courses to two:https://www.realestateexpress.com/prelicense/pa/pr...andhttps://portal.recampus.com/re/templere/store/port...They both have their pros and cons for me: One (real estate express) is cheaper and offers a test prep book, the other (Temple) is a recognized institution in the area and has a physical location for testing.