From what I understand you do not have to submit the portfolio or proof of experience to take the courses though as it's mainly a formality for the title.

I am working full time in the chemical industry with main focus on customer service and IT.

Kirk, I am not sure about the statistics, but pretty much everything I have read states that the main roads to wealth are business or real estate and being a real estate investor is a business too.

Hey Kirk I actually was considering the classes mainly for the education, terms, understanding contracts, legality etc....

As you can see dealing with tenants can be a pain if the right structure isn't in place especially when you start scaling.Options open for real estate investing will mainly depend on capital to start and expectations of annual return versus what kind of headache you are looking at dealing with.

;)I certainly understand the push for education, which is my main focus at this time.

We are extremely specific on a breakdown of materials and the different elements of labor.

My ideal scenario would be that we find a 2 or more acre lot, hubby the 2 kids and I are in the "main" houses and there is a cottage house or some sort of agreeable sized outbuilding where my parents are -- hence, they are close enough where we can help them out but both families have their own space.This more than likely would have to be new construction as I don't know if these types of properties are available around here (at least listed on the MLS).And of course space costs money in real estate.Any suggestions (other than don't do it, ha ha!)

TO wholesale you need 1) the money to find the deal - this can mainly be your hard work with little cost.

Everyone I speak to is extremely excited to see the property, mainly because of the unique amenities like exposed beams.Roof hasn't been checked out yet...