I got a very detailed list in about 1.5 weeks and I had my intern spend the afternoon looking up banking info.

[i]"Fed Extends Rules to Small Lenders:The Fed shocked bankers by approving a proposal that would force even the smallest lenders to comply with international bank-capital standards known as Basel III."

It's possible you could work part-time/intern in a real estate office or escrow company to learn about marketing or transactions and learn the ropes without having to put down cash for the courses & licensing.

How do you know "3 weeks or so" is long enough to clear an international draft.

Perhaps you can intern with a more experienced investor or be a bird dog or wholesaler until you learn more of the business and use those deals to build cash.

(Though many of his fixes are over the top).House Hunters International.  

So we see internal reports of where leads are coming from - sorry, not a public source.The funny thing about the Charlotte area is we've occasionally gotten waves of calls from out there from people who claimed they saw our TRUCKS or our BILLBOARDS etc etc and we didn't have anyone advertising in that market!

Is it illegal in some states to record conversations without telling all parties when the recording is only for training purposes internally?

These sound like questions for a tax attorney perhaps one specializing in international tax law... contact your local BAR association for recommendation and you will get a deep discount for the first 15 to 30minutes.

Mike you have what is known as a " Partial Stoppage"In simple language its a "real Stoppage" getting ready to happen.I strongly suggest you get the person responsible for the maintenance of the building to get a video pipe camera inspection of the main sewer line.These symptoms tell me there could be a really big problem down the road if not remedied quickly .Better take the bitter medicine now and fix things than suffer the consiquiences of a major raw sewage backup incident laterDave Doyle.PS Once you sewer line issue is resolved I would reccomend either a Kohler Wellworth or Gerber Avalance Tank Toilet.Very reliable ,,,,,hope this helps,,,DDLos Angeles