They never followed up with their weekend coaching and refused to refund my money.

The the 3 day boot camp and finally the 6 month personal mentor program usually about $25k-$40k.i suggest going down to your local REIA and finding a mentor/coach that knows your area.

This person is often called a mentor or coach or more experienced partner.

Fortunately for me, I have you and the BiggerPockets community to help coach, mentor, and train me on making not only the right decision, but the smart one. 

All I had to do was clean up a big mess to earn some excellent paydays over the next 20+ years of ownership.This is the main reason I coach investors to learn landlording rules and how the laws work.

Rafiq - I am not your financial advisor, but we're trying to coach you to make the best decision possible. 

Thanks to gurus, some coaches or mentors, we have young people coming into real estate with insouciant attitudes about this industry as if it were opening up a blacksmith shop to sell horse shoes.

It seems to me that what gives a person confidence is doing deals.The more deals the greater the confidence.The more deals the greater the income.Some of the coaches that are being hired are not much more advanced than a person that has done 5 deals.

Its like being a football coach,  some of the best never played a down of pro ball...............lol. 

You could buy the empty 4 acres that Carolina Coach has at Blount Street (Bragg to the N, Brach St to the S).