While educating myself on wholesaling I learned about other types of investing.

Hi Folks,  Last few years I just added up my general business expenses: education, technology, subscriptoins etc, divided by my number of Sched E houses and added an expense called General business expense onto EACH house.I never liked that tactic.  

Been reading and listening for about a week now trying to gain as much education as I can to make an initial investment.  

He heads a workshop called Smart Start Real Estate Investing, which is aimed towards educating and getting beginners started.

I have not found an end buyer who wasn't okay with this is explain properly by your educated real estate attorney. 

At least where I am at, I see this quite frequently--- Keep in my that some of these larger institutions often sell millions of dollars of their "BAD" debt per month, and the paperwork process takes time... 

Notes are an area that experience alone will NOT teach you what you should know, especially if you start learning from another under educated investor/dealer who spends all their time trying to pull deals.

Lead capture is typically done by landing pages from websites. here is BP doing it in action:  http://www.biggerpockets.com/proNote the clean page, lack of "clutter", the frequent buttons to sign up (calls to action)A good way to encourage this is with an ebook or whitepaper download.

Ignorance is not bad, but refusing to educate yourself is.

I'd suggest having her sign a disclosure of your intent to obtain a license and your RE education toward that goal, not required but a good idea. :)