I don't want to end up unknowingly screw somebody over due to simple mistakes. 

Sorry for the lengthy post, if you made it this far, you are awesome!

Sorry for the lengthy post and I appreciate any and all advice from this community. 

The education is not overly demanding nor lengthy and working part-time is possible though you may need to be really good at managing a schedule.Another way to get into REI is to look into purchasing a property on a land contract.

It was motivation to finally pull the trigger when a good deal came along after months of analysis paralysis.So I extend a long overdue thanks to the BP community for all of your help over the months.

Regardless of anyone's opinion on that, I think most can agree the wrong way to do it is to tie up a seller's property for a lengthy inspection period, have no ability or intent to close, and putting weasel clauses in the contract to absolve yourself of any liability.

Do we need some sort of lengthy document drafted?

(not saying one way or not) and there is uncertainty ahead along with LONG overdue for recession.So I think waiting to look at a ton of properties offered by a TK provider to see what  their average offering is, learn the local market, and only put in offers at the BEST 10% of what they are offering (those deals you will end up losing because someone else will grab them.  

@Michael Reyes Apparently you haven't read the many and lengthy posts about Morris Invest on here. 

In many states the offer process is quite lengthy.