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.

Truly the follow thru to actually connecting with some form of real estate investing will separate the players from the armchair quarterback.

@Jerry PowersGood to know we will have another one active member here.Just like the famous basketball player said " it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do.

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.

It is good to educate yourself this way as well.

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.