If you can find a good mentor early on who will teach you how to help your clients make good decisions and make sure their interests are well protected that is golden.- When you're starting out it's easy to get overwhelmed, but I think it's really important to remember that with each contact and transaction you have the option of essentially putting money into a savings account with an insanely high rate of compound interest.

I have found a few Argus training courses for $1,000+ but have not found a way to teach myself Yardi. 

You have to have the direct contract with the property owner, and a joint venture agreement does not provide you that, even though many people are doing it and teaching that it is legal.  2) All those signed on the street that you see around town are illegal.  

So, perhaps my question/suggestion for your course is not necessarily to teach how to use the data to avoid certain areas, but rather to teach how to adjust the numbers in your deals so that it does work.

I own the yoga studio where my wife teaches and that is her focus.

I always teach people that buying a rental property is the same as buying a stock.

trying to fake others out that you paid far more for the property than you really did.Yeah, I’ve done that where I bought by QCD, no value shown, so the recorder asks for a value for the doc stamps.....paid extra reflecting a higher price when I knew I was going to quick flip to a rehabbed/investor with no repairs being done.....they still always complained about the profit they “thought” I made :-).well we will see a run now on over paying for transfer stamps.. the guru's I don't think even teach this one.. :) 

Learn how to control your money first, then you can teach it to make money for you! 

You'll be better prepared for the coming correction and better served long term.Or you can take the fast and broke approach (aka, the guru's path, "no money needed, get rich overnight, just hand me your money to teach you") that will force you to be bold and creative, with the associated risks.

If you want to actually invest and buy the properties, give me a call I’ll teach you everything you need to know.