They offer pre-sales education and may try to ask questions if it very blatantly looks like you are trying to do something that would be a self-dealing or prohibited transaction, but they by rule and by their contracts do not provide tax, legal or investment advice.An advisor is going to be much more accessible and knowledgeable.   

I was educationally ready to invest by late last year, but without the capital to invest in a manner I was comfortable with. 

Has anyone gone through this process in Texas and educate me on what all goes into it?

Sure it will fasttrack education, but what is your ROI on that 100k?

I started REI in the latter half of last year and let's just say I decided I needed a cheaper education than the one I was getting by just blindly charging in :).I'm in Seattle metro area, King County. 

I would like to make that more of a priority in my life and as such my investment strategies should allow me to work from anywhere in the world.In terms of why I joined Bigger Pockets, I feel it is a great resource to network and develop connections as well as an awesome educational platform.

The message states that I’m a newbie in the process of educating myself and trying to network. 

Hello BP,I'm excited to finally start this real-estate journey.

We have a decent sized war chest and are in education mode to learn as much as possible.

That's where I'm at, sort of frustrated because I've come to a point in my "self-education" in REI that I realize that the BRRRR method (if you want to get all or even all+some back out) ONLY works with downright exceptional deals....I am not discouraged by this, if anything, I'm more fired up to sniff out the deals, but man...it seems like it's gotta be WAY below market value AND be situated in an area in which upgrades will drastically increase the ARV for me to be able to make the refi work for me and continue reinvesting that money in more properties.