Courses for investors who want to do
the work, not the marketing.

Long-form lessons anchored on the Investomation data engine. Pick a market, screen a deal, build a portfolio, without paying $5,000 for a guru mastermind or sitting through a $20 Udemy survey.

Real estate education has a $4,980 gap. We're filling it.

There are two kinds of real estate courses, and neither one teaches you to invest.

On the cheap end, the $20 Udemy survey covers what real estate is: terminology, asset classes, the broad strokes of cash flow vs. appreciation. You finish the course and you still don't know how to pick a market or screen a deal. On the expensive end, the $5,000 academic certificate teaches you to build a discounted-cash-flow model in Excel. Useful if you're going to work for a REIT, useless if you're buying your first duplex from another state. The gap in the middle is enormous, and most retail investors fall into it.

That gap is what these courses live in. Each course is anchored on the same map and metric engine that professional investors use. The lessons embed the live data. When a module says "look for counties where rent-to-price is above 0.7%," the next paragraph is a button that opens the map filtered to exactly those counties. You learn the framework and apply it on the same page, not "later" once you've found the right tool.

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Why these and not the others

The data engine comes with the course

Every lesson embeds the live Investomation map. When a module says "screen for X," the next paragraph is a button that opens the map already filtered. No "go set up an account on a separate platform."

Operator-written, not influencer-written

The author owns and operates the same kind of properties the course teaches you to buy. The math is from real underwriting, not from a $50k mastermind that markets itself by re-selling the same five tropes.

Built on the blog, not on slogans

Each module references the relevant Investomation blog posts as further reading. You can audit the underlying claims before you spend a dollar; the supporting writing is already public and dated.

Action items, not lectures

Each module ends with a specific thing you do: pick three markets, run one filter, screen one listing. Reading without doing is the slowest path to nowhere; we built the course to push you onto the next concrete step.

If you're going to spend hours learning from someone, you should know who that someone is.

Real estate investing is full of headaches.

Bad property managers, turnkey operators selling their worst stock, tenants who drain your cash flow, and neighborhoods that look great on paper but are actually declining. I know because I lived it.

Alex Tsepkov, founder of Investomation

I'm Alex, a software engineer who invests across Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, and Austin. I built Investomation because I needed a tool that actually worked everywhere, not just in the markets where some company had local data partnerships. I use it to manage my own portfolio. If the data was wrong, I'd lose my own money first.

How I built the analytics engine

Common questions

Why are these priced higher than Udemy and lower than Wharton?

Because that's the gap that's empty. A $20 Udemy survey teaches you what real estate is. A $5,000 Wharton certificate teaches you to build a financial model. Neither teaches you to pick a market and act. These courses do, and the platform comes with them.

What makes these different from a YouTube series or the blog?

The blog is great for one-topic-at-a-time. A course is for sequenced material with action items, interactive map embeds tied to your shortlist, and a final deliverable: your investing thesis. The blog stays free; the courses are the structured, action-oriented version.

When does the paid content unlock?

The first module of each course is free now. The remaining modules unlock when the course leaves preview. Reserve your spot and we'll let you know. Pricing is locked in for everyone on the waitlist.

Are there refunds?

Yes. Full refund within 14 days for any reason. After that, the course content is yours forever, including any module updates we publish.

Do I need to take Foundations before Operator's Playbook?

Only if you don't already own a property. Foundations covers why-to-buy, asset-class survey, scam avoidance, and market reading. Operator's Playbook assumes muscle memory and goes deep on underwriting, syndications, tax strategy, and remote ops.

Why is there no video?

Video is expensive to produce, slow to update, and unsearchable. The format we picked, long-form modules with interactive map embeds, is faster to ship, faster to revise, and the live data inside each lesson stays current automatically. If video later turns out to be the format you'd actually pay more for, we'll add it.

Will this stay current as markets and tax law change?

Yes. The data inside each lesson comes from the live Investomation map, so the metric numbers update on their own. The narrative around them (strategies, scams, tax law) gets revised whenever something material shifts. Course access is for life, including revisions.

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Tell us which course interests you most. We'll let you know when the paid modules unlock, and lock in your pricing as it stands today.