As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

Payed for the so called free CD/DVD stuff and all of the sudden they are charging me $40 and $98 a month for something I never signed up for.You got to watch these gurus they like to sucker people in with these free CD's,etc but in reality it's a scam to drain you of monthly charges for something you never asked or signed up for.People like that belong in jail.

In Maryland, it's not the city so much as the state and the laws you have to watch out for.

watch a water heater or softener install.

Also I have been watching some of his posts and most of what I see is bull crap or misleading at best.

You would be better off watching some of the old webinars here on BP and then reading a few books. 

People who have service dogs (or horses, as these are the only 2 service animals) that are genuine have no issue disclosing that on the front end and can answer the 2 questions easily - is the animal necessary for a disability, and what specific tasks has the dog (or horse, if you're getting one of those) been trained to perform? 

Quote from @Duarte Marques: Hey BP community, I'm new to real estate investing and have been studying (reading books, watching webinars, constructing excel cash flow models,...) close to a year.

Did I miss some tutorials everyone else has watched?

Suggest you go to their site, there is approx 7 videos for you to watch to see if you want to go to the next step.