In other words, unless it appreciates significantly which Westland that I'm familiar with likely will not, it's a bad deal.If that's a friend you wanna help, introduce her program like home partner will be good enough

However, this year due to COVID and the programs being cancelled/changed we filled it with a non-professor for the first time in many years.   

Hey Leonel,Check with the City or County depending on where you live and ask for properties that are tax delinquent and also bank foreclosures on the web.

I recently closed on a fourplex and literally only paid for the inspection out of the whole deal so the expenses are really cut back as opposed to other loan programs out there.

On the 21st CASH program, you can place homes with nearly nothing out of pocket if you resell them and about $6-$8k out of pocket if you rent or sell them on lease options.

Excel spreadsheets or some great program like Quickbooks?

@Jenna Williams - While each program has their quirks some of the bigger players are Yardi Voyager and MRI... which are expensive decisions as @Laticia Braxton eluded to, but become necessary once you reach a certain level.

With the federal stimulus and now the state Eviction diversion program it is delaying a potential slump in pricing.

Is investing in expensive beginner programs beneficial in the long run for RE?

If you learn ahead of time, your learning will be far less expensive unless you pay someone a bunch of money for an education/coaching program before doing some basic learning on your own.