I'll also add some additional commentary.In the metropolitan markets across the country we're seeing young educated professionals wanting to live near the area in which they also work.

This developer is well-known and well-respected in our small town, so I am not as freaked out as I would be if I were dealing with a complete stranger, but the more you mention stuff the more I realize i have no idea what I am doing......thanks for trying to educate me!

They are all about education.  

You sound as though you have invested some money thus far so start your marketing going and keep the momentume going.Good luck and remember fear is False Evidence Appearing Real  The reasons I decided to get licensed are for the educational and accountability components of the process.

You can never lose the education. 

If you wouldn't jump in an airplane and ask via your smartphone how to fly, then please don't make the mistake of thinking investing is so easy that anyone can do it without a proper education.

Want to incorporate court house buying into my scheme of things.

although sub prime was very predatory so those folks have a beef to a certain extent but then again many who fell for sub prime needed better primary education at the end of the day so they could protect themselves..

I thought the $1k fee was fairly reasonable compared to another "big name" educational entity,(scam?)

My wife and I have just began educating ourselves with Real Estate investing and are currently looking into mobile home investing to start out with.