That's what an agent does in the process & should be the only thing they do.I might catch grief for the last comment but whenever you invest & are unsure of something you should employ the person trained in the specific area.

I will work to "train" them and avoid this moving forward.

I guess my concern is trying to train myself to think like an investor.

The company that sells the training materials is a subsidiary of a Real Estate company.  

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

If anyone has any suggestions for good in depth training I would appreciate any suggestions.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

Your brother has a serious problem and you need to distance yourself from him.Step away from this entirely, get off their crazy train.

My suggestion - better in time and effort, and money (through the mistakes you going to make), than paying a guru.BP has a whole section dedicated to education and starting up -https://www.biggerpockets.com/intro-to-rei/overviewBetween BP and books and all the other podcasts and blogs available for free, you shouldn't need any paid training - don't fall for that.

Your money goes a lot further and you can ride the appreciation train in the fastest growing real estate/economic market in California.