wow @Joe McCall a specific video tutorial answering the question at hand!

There's a tutorial that seems really informative:  http://realtytimes.com/consumeradvice/hoaadvice1/item/10677-20050323_hoareserves  And this is an example of a template: www.cheapreservestudy.com  Anyone have any experience with a DIY Reserve Study?

@Alex Agafonov  I would recommend going to Memphisinvest.com's website and for the price of your name and email address, you will get access to Chris Clothier's video tutorial on "how to build a bank book." 

With your concern on planning, Maybe look at available courses or tutorials on some project software.( In school it was Microsoft Project), most commercial builders will use Primavera, and online objects for residential like builderTREND and Foundation.

I recently watched a tutorial on Youtube giving advice for structuring deals to private lenders.

You don't need a degree in CAD to do these, just willingness to watch the tutorials and learn the programming.

Welcome David,I recommend going through the podcasts and check out all the introduction tutorials offered.  

There are tutorial videos for just about everything.

Plenty of tutorials on YouTube

Propstream has many good videos and tutorials on how to best use their platform.