Principles of Real Estate (required course)Real Estate Finance and Investment (required course) Real Estate Enterprise Management (required course)Electives (choose one course from select group)

Residential Flip", starting at 7.5%, Lower Fix Rate in select states, Interest Only, 9 months -- 5 years and longer Terms, No Credit Needed to Qualifying, No Income Verification, No Pre -- Payment Penalties on most programs, Up To 100% Funding, Same Day Transactional Funding , Self Employed, Owner Occupied, Bulk Portfolio, Commercial and Builder programs , JUMBO LOANS as low as 10% down & Nationwide Programs Available!

See Deduction over $500 for certain clothing or household items, later.If the property is valuable because it is old or unique, see the discussion under Paintings, Antiques, and Other Objects of Art.Used Clothing Used clothing and other personal items are usually worth far less than the price you paid for them.

Here are some recommendations for you:Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meetSet up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsRead Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingCheck out BP Podcasts: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast/If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box.

On page optimization (essentially rewriting all your content so it’s unique and will help rankings), off-page (all your local listings, directories, etc), back-link building, consistent content creation, getting that content on high authority pages as a third party contributor, ideally linking back to your site, etc.

From the IPLA, select Get Started under Search & Verify.  

Here are some recommendations for you:Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meetSet up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsRead Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingCheck out BP Podcasts: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast/If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box.

Thomas S. has pointed out California investors enjoy some unique tax benefits... knowledge is the key.Just my personal opinion: ALL investments without knowledge is speculation...

There are some things you might consider doing after you have selected your niche and market area.One thing you might want to do is to form some type of corporation or a LLC.  

There are also some unique toilets for confined spaces.