I am afraid that I have now done too much reading and have confused myself on the basics of starting out.

He basically wanted me to find an area on a graph that optimizes my investment...who knows.As for the question is he an investor, yes he's but I think his example was to purposely illustrate a poor investment as to open our eyes a little bit.

My offer was basically at 70% ARV less repairs and yet I was told that my offer looked good "because it was better than the 75% FMV that they require.

We have an abundance of ill-informed homeowners who do not quite grasp the concept of maintaining their septic systems.

As I look around the current REI landscape I see a ton of "gurus", "new concepts", "can't miss systems" and "the new wave of the industry" sales pitches, not to mention wall-to-wall informercials.I'm fairly new to REI, but I'm making aggressive offers on solid properties, I have more than sufficient funds set aside for down payments, and my credit is good.

Then you can buy the property.I recommend that you learn how to work the deeds room and the basics of title searches to do your own preliminary report.

He uses basic newspaper ads and bandit signs.What are you wanting from his course?

Using the basic formula, after taking the 30% off it would be less than what the bank wants.

Basically, I am trying to create a plan on how and where I want to go.

It's a very basic and elementary idea to disclose, inside of this forum, who you are!