Actually doing the deal is going to teach you the most.  

As you ponder that answer, I do believe in teaching/coaching.

You may have "type" and "style" confused.

@Matt Carpenter  That just asks for modern style!

Well my FMRR style is simply, don't take the hit in one period, but I don't discount outlays.

Offer to intern for him for free in return for teaching you the ropes.

I would imagine this area needs a hands on style and out of state owners present opportunities for local investors.

Some states think they have thousands of these.“This is the most important issue of the whole mortgage mess because families are being thrown out of their homes by people who may not have the right to do that,†said Glenn Russell, a Fall River, Massachusetts, real estate attorney who won a case last year that reversed a foreclosure because of faulty paperwork.Mark and Tammy LaRace, his clients, were able to move back into their Cape Cod-style house in Springfield, Massachusetts, more than two years after they were evicted.In February, Judge Keith Long of the Massachusetts Land Court reaffirmed his 2009 decision to return the house to the LaRaces.

They even had a cute little Japanese style bridge crossing over the center.

It's quick, maybe three weeks, You'll learn legal aspects of contracts, contract law, title requirements, surveying, land uses, zoning requirements, construction componets and basic techniques, types and styles of housing, regulations that effect landlords, tenant and landlord law, what consitutes discrimination and how to deal with it, real estate financing and appraisal techniques and more!