The course is just a way to get that same information in a classroom-style format that may be a bit more streamlined.

One day the fluid catalytic cracking unit went down at the refinery (It helped us achieve air superiority during WW2 over Germany, but that's another story). 

Like Scott mentioned, it would depend on what your goals are and what are you trying to achieve.

It all depends on what you want to achieve via REI. 

Thank you for letting us share in your story, and help you achieve your goals along the way.

There are many b&bs in that part of the world too along with big ranches that offer upscale hunting, fishing and safaris style photo trips. 

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

This is super late and an update, PlyGem recently came out with a set of vinyl "dark bronze" windows that definitely accomplish the look otherwise achieved by a black aluminum clad window. 

I am originally from Racine so I frequently get down to SE Wisconsin.Initially my plan is to start with a Duplex house hack style in Fond Du Lac.

You want to move up the 80/20 leverage curve from technician to investor/entrepreneur.In Bridgeport, CT and New Jersey the investment is about 10% of rents collected which frees you from taking resident phone calls, coordinating maintenance, leasing vacancies, accounting P&L's, conducting inspections and making property payments.Owners often times suffer from "death by 100 cuts" when having to handle all of these small items, missing opportunities to achieve bigger goals.