Use it as a stepping stone and the beginning of your "on the job training".You can pm me your zip code and I'll check out some properties in your area and run numbers and I can run through scenario is for you and financing/rent options. 

With access to more than 100 properties and in an entrepreneurship training program I was directed to do research and every time I was guided to BiggerPockets and was impressed with all the information and how free and engaging everyone was so I decided to join and am looking at the Pro status  I love what I do and have loved it since training with the union as one of the first women to be accepted into the Chicago Chapter of the Painters and Decorators Union.  

His dad said he license training is designed to teach an agent how to stay out of jail, whereas proper self-directed investor training would teach him how to invest and manage investments strategies, tenants, etc. 

Half of the posts from new investors on BP indicate a train wreck waiting to happen!

There are 2 major advantages to this:It does not affect the tenants credit scoreIt does not require that you go through an onsite inspection by the credit bureausIf you want to pull a report (instead of the tenant pulling and then sharing) then likewise this would:Affect the tenant's credit scoreRequire that you have a 3rd party physically come to your office to perform an onsite inspection (They would check to make sure you are a real business, that you have security measures, etc.)But, yes if you are willing to go through these steps you can pull a credit report from a signed authorization assuming you have a permissible purpose to do so.TransUnion Credit Retriever would be one such source to do this.Most of our customers prefer the ease of not having to jump through the hoops of a site inspection.

My foundation training program is on the following.....1.  

Do you know any out there who provide direct training and leads without just sending you to classes?

Also, people will pay more depending how close to the train it is or if you offer parking/storage.

Yes, here in Indiana, one can start advertising immediately upon the accepted contract since you will have equitable control via the earnest money and signed contract.The HUD training's I've attended even encourage this and are okay with it, social media is fine - as long as there is NO yard sign or other signs placed on the property [you can place them near the property and point buyers to it with the address written on the sign...

There is new development near the train station in Orange and that will cause an influx of people to the area.