You can do 10hours/week and you'll be done in 4 weeks, piece of cake :)  Good luck and let me know if you need add'l study materials for the national portion of the exam.

If you principal appreciation that's icing on the cake. 

@Brian Burke   the cherry on the cake on the one i am going to bull doze sometime in the distant past one of the owners dismantled a car hauled it down into the basement and put it all back together..

I view appreciation as the icing on the cake.

I first became interested in real estate after raiding my Dad's favorite books, primarily 'Rich Dad.." and now 'Think and Grow Rich".BTW...I am in Anaheim, CAI am looking to start in wholesaling for a while and build enough to pay-down some debt, improve our own home and save enough to match 1-2 years salary and marketing expenses before going full-bore into this...at least that's the dream.

Piece of cake!

This analysis also excludes the appreciation gains over time which I look at purely as the icing on the cake.

This can provide a hedge against the market cycle risk.All of this means that you can have your cake and eat it too, but you have to align yourself with a group that understands the risks and executes with capital preservation first, and return second.

He lives in the Inland Empire, and can't move because he owns several established businesses there.I may need to choose between the following markets: 1) North Orange County - Yorba Linda, Villa Park, Placentia, Anaheim, etc OR 2) Inland Empire Along The 210 - Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, Glendora, San Dimas, etcThe North Orange County seems like a great market (albeit, with a rough commute), but the Inland Empire means that when we get married, I'll actually be living in the community that I'm serving.Amidst a number of life changes, any advice that you can provide me regarding your market experience, business foresight, or housing trend knowledge would be greatly appreciated!!!

Total cost for the windows was $14,000 but once financed over 30 years it would come out to just under $40,000 at 9.51% APRI was really amazed that a program like this would exist and started reviewing all the contracts, now it made sense why there was an incomplete building permit for windows on the home that the contractor (Windor of Anaheim) never completed.