Real Estate Salesperson:In order to qualify for licensure as a real estate salesperson, an applicant must have satisfactorily completed a 75-hour salesperson qualifying education course in real estate approved by the Secretary of State, and have passed a qualifying examination administered by the Department of State.

It has everything you need including free online videos and courses for you to watch and learn from.

I suggest driving around any town you may be interested in investing with and then reaching out to a realtor who works in those areas to learn more about the market(s).New Haven and West Haven offer a great selection of properties, are near several universities and can make investors money and can get quality tenants if your application guidelines target quality over quantity.

I'd first read your CC&R's and then read the applicable state law.

Now of course that could change if I were actually putting in a loan application.

Also, no points as pre-paid interest is common on private money and applicable to any equity funded note (seller financing). 

Plenty of us spent tens of thousands on college education and learned very little that will ever be practically applicable to building wealth.

I see lots of these folks as a college teacher...pretty much watched this generation for some time and tried to get them into things like investing in index funds or stocks in my business class and I highlight the economic advantage of home buying... 

Watching the interview of @Brandon Turner with Brian Burke who comments he survived to the crisis in 2008 because he just a flipper made me think about the risky side of REI.Lets say someone is good at REI and buy 8 properties  which generates 400$ dollars per month after all expenses.

I've spent the past couple nights stuffing envelopes and watching REI videos on YouTube.