Many of these give sales pitches, gurus try to sell their products or mentoring programs, or someone tries to get you to invest in a REI Fund by a group of people pooling their money, for some REI and promising an unrealistic return.

We are Mastery members of the Fortune Builders real estate education program as well as Renatus programs.

Or one who is familiar and has experience with program. 

I bet there are just a few glitches in the programming that need to be fixed.

Are there any comprehensive investment programs or companies that offer umbrella services for investors that others would recommend?

On a high level, it seems really attractive as I can get a loan with 3% downpayment and no PMI or use the LPMI program where the lender pays the MI (I know I qualify for the loan).

I wonder if there is a correlation between programming and rental property ownership/management? 

Besides losing money from your registration fee and tax certificate fee (assuming they pay before the 14% interest period), are there any other downsides or other ways to lose money that new investors to the process should be aware of?

So there was really no reasoning with him, he seriously believes he doesn't have to pay taxes.My question is is there any way I can ensure to be in the first position to buy the tax certificate so I don't lose the property?

This article was on the front page on finance.yahoo.com couple days ago.I don't think he holds any security licenses or financial advisory certification like the series 65, 6, 63 or CFP, but he is a computer science major who started a personal finance blog 10 years ago because he was bored.