From speaking with another (actual) investor, I learned that this group operated heavily in the Stockton and Sacramento area.Bottom line: if you come across someone who tells you that you have to pay to learn from them, I would suggest to continue looking - it is possible that you may learn something from the "education," but, in higher likelihood, you'd only end up deeper in debt, or worse, in a bad RE deal that they could not find anyone else to sell to.There are plenty of honest people still around, many are successful and some of those have blogs and podcasts that you can learn from for free (although, they still seem to have something to sell you, but it is a fair trade off.)

Look at Afford Anything blog for more on this (I get nothing for the plug).

I've written a few blogs you might find of interest as alternative to "traditional" real estate investing, which most folks I talk to migrate away from due to the extra hassles of managing their own properties, even if they have property management. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7993/48729-are...

Since a lot of people responded that they were motivated by it, I decided to do a follow-up to my previous BP blog post "My First 12 Months as a Real Estate Investor…Here’s my story…"Read my latest BP blog post: "The Story Continues…18 Months Into Being A Real Estate Investor"

I have written extensively in my BP blog on one such company that I have made numerous investments in:Have I Found the Holy Grail of Passive Real Estate Investing?

Here's a blog post on why I like investing in MF apartments.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9145/53820-why...

You wouldn't want to put it in anything too volatile. https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/best-high-...

@Zora Luan - this blog post may help, just about this subject to point you in the right direction.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10015/64388-5-...

I'm still in the early stages of educating myself mostly through the BP podcasts/blogs.

Account Closed I just posted a blog on this topic.