I am fairly proficient with the Adobe apps like photoshop and Indesign.

I would prefer a bank like BofA or Wells where I can place a claim and get my funds back should something go awry. 6) He did provide me a Proof of Funds statement from California Trust Bank which did show a lot of large deposits, wire transfers, and transactions however I am proficient enough in Photoshop to know that this is a document that one can easily create with the proper software.

I have two goals in mind; One, to become more proficient at finding and financing real estate deals for investment property.

I’m also highly proficient in Excel so I could incorporate spreadsheets as well when needed.

My STG (1-2 years) is to become as proficient as possible at wholesaling.

Very few residential agents are proficient at land for development (myself included.)

Google finds specific text in the transcripts very proficiently as one would expect.Now I'm re-listening to the pre-257 shows on 2x speed to try to find it. 

You can form a new entity, you being the manager and the money partners being limited partners with shares based on their investment amounts or you can each be on title as tenants in common (I don't recommend if more than 1 money partner).I am not a CPA or attorney so none of this should be construed as legal advice but I am very proficient at setting up private money lender deals as that is how I have funded almost all of my deals in my 15+ years.Speak with your RE attorney, he or she can help you with these items.

Finding the deal is just about everything when it comes to wholesaling so you need to be proficient at “marketing” because that is the business of a wholesaler, it is not investing. 

You will need your 1099-DIV to prepare your tax return.If you are reasonably proficient at using a computer, TurboTax or TaxAct should be able to handle everything for you.That said, it's possible you won't even have a filing obligation if you don't have a job or other sources of income.