But then they sent me an email trying to sell me a $3k package that includes a "starter experience education pkg, an expert experience education pkg, homework assignments" and other marketing material. 

@Albert Hernandez there is a whole section in the education tab, with various articles.

In the end, it never helped me because I don't invest locally.My advice would be this: 1) Continue educating yourself on all things real estate using the BP podcast and forums.

I spent 30+ years in Washington State and have had some involvement with DSHS (although not with housing).My advice to you: 1) Everything the state does takes three times as long as it should and three times as much paperwork as it should.  2)  You will probably have to attend some indoctrination -- I mean class -- either on-line or in person.  3) Your tenant will be endlessly "educated" on their rights and will have free legal representation. 4 ) Just when you think you know the rules and try to play by them, an administrator will come up with an "ETR" -- Exception to Rule. 

Congrats on the investment property goal Steve Kim - there’s certainly a ton of useful info on this blog to help educate you and give you the blueprint for employing the BRRRR strategy.

Often, they hold educational events that you'd find valuable, like seller-financing or probate workshops.

Essentially Partner B is building all of the sweat-equity into the property.So the question is, after both parties have been paid back their initial capital investment, in your opinion how should the ownership of the property be structured on a percentile basis?

Hi all, I have been educating myself on real estate investing for the better part of 2 years now, and hopefully plan on closing a deal sometime soon near Indianapolis, IN.

Read following links for education true for any market.

Offering your contract at public auction, in my opinion is a great way to gererate interest and to expose the property.As a professional auctioneer - depending on what price you are in for and what you will accept as a net-equity profit - I would suggest a reserve public auction (you'll have more participants if you do an absolute auction).Not all auctioneers are good at marketing real estate - you'll need to interview them - you'll need to know the following:how much advertising money do they want up front to market the property, commission, time frame, how many real estate deals have they done, are they honest, will they do an assignment, are they respected in the community, where will they market your deal, get references, are they authorized to conduct real estate auctions?