Plus we teach/mentor, transactionally fund, and do a bunch of other things. 

If you don't know a good system, you won't be able to teach someone.When I hired an acquisitions manager, he was already a top notch salesperson in the startup tech industry.  

I teach college classes on the side and you would not believe how many family members die or end up in the hospital about two weeks before the end of the semester when all the work is due. 

Hi,I'm looking for some good books on CRE that may teach you the basics of  leasing, marketing, investing, listing, analyzing, building, and inspecting commercial property.    

You can learn numbers without needing specific properties, but these numbers were from an actual property I bought and it teaches the numbers- https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/1...You won't find those kinds of returns anywhere now because it was from a property I bought during the crash, and you also won't likely find any positive returns on any SF rental properties if that's where you're looking...but that's how you run the numbers.

To be honest by first impression I like the guy and his teaching is sounds but at the end of the day I dont know him.Has anyone done any deals with Cardone?

Or are you looking for someone to teach you how to find properties, to sell to investors?

Paying off your debts first will teach you the discipline to be an investor.

Remember, after taxes, my W2 take home was barely $55,000, working 60 hours per week, with me working 2 teaching jobs and my wife working 25 hours per week.  

You are not allowed to do any property management, and they do not teach you how to work with investors.