We held out hope that maybe the last part of the course, "Deal lab" training in Utah, where we're flown out for 3 days of "intense" training would be useful. 

We do rehabs on all homes that we pick up, which makes it time & labor intensive on the front end but almost care-free once they are up and rented.

In our experience with such a loan (203k), you can only do the rehab work yourself if a) you're qualified and it sounds like you/your dad would pass the test, and b) if you buy a single family home.  

It's all about testing what works.. trying out different marketing .. 

Also, in the back of my pre-licensing book there was about 4 practice tests in which I took multiple times.  

Most developers have a background in construction (management or architecture) or a background in finance.If you want to start small look up the incremental development alliance for a two day class.RED is a hard industry to break in to because it is capital intensive but not labor intensive.

I was looking to create a test that I can give to people applying to be a new maintenance tech for my company.

And having personal knowledge about how Oregon is pretty intense on enforecing these business and professions codes ..

It's only 5 borrowers now, but that's my test.

If it passes the smell test and all makes sense, then move forward.