I'd certainly prefer an instructor/teacher/coach/whatever with a real-estate profile of their own.Addressing your points:1.

Also ironic that while although my instructor was well-educated and informative, she quickly mentioned how she has a degree in marketing.....interesting.  

Ask the instructor questions for anything/everything you need clarification on or confused about. 

As a home inspector and instructor, it pains me to read some of these post.

I am not a lawyer but I think I remember my RE class instructor saying it was not okay to pay a fee to someone who does not have an active real estate license.

@Alma Mills I am an instructor for creative financing classes to agents at Keller Williams & a guest speaker at UCLA for one of the real estate investment classes.

The instructor makes all the difference.I've heard good things about Namir George as well, but have only heard him speak once.

I think his biggest issue was the way the instructor taught and that is a variable that can be different when you take the class.If you decide to do it all online, I used mckissock and was pleased with them.Hope it works out for you @Eric Decker and welcome to the boards!

Any degree program can be made difficult, the thing to do is find those who have taken courses and ask them about the course but more importantly ask about the instructors!

I've learned a lot from YouTube - including that some "instructors" are better at making videos than the repairs.3.