Capital Investors Academy · Founding launch, Monday 2 November 2026
Learn to structure creative-finance deals to a professional standard.
A live, self-paced program from Cedar Acquisitions. At the recommended pace of six weeks, participants learn to source, underwrite, structure and present subject-to, seller-finance, wrap, novation and cash deals, on real listings, with their numbers reviewed every week.
Free, about a minute. If it's a fit, you can enroll straight away.
- Format
- Live calls, self-paced
- Pace
- 6 weeks recommended
- Start
- Any day; launches 2 Nov 2026
- Live calls
- 3 every week, recorded
- Peer group
- Pods of 5–6
- Tuition
- $1,997
The program
Six weeks of practice on real listings, reviewed by people who make offers every week.
By the end of the program, you will be able to:
- 01
Source
Find deals that suit terms, on the MLS and off market, using data aggregators to find the best opportunities, and direct outreach to listing agents and owners.
- 02
Underwrite
Work out cash to close, cash flow after reserves and a maximum offer, and defend each number.
- 03
Structure
Choose between subject-to, seller finance, a wrap, novation or a cash wholesale, and draft the LOI and contract terms.
- 04
Present
Write an offer an agent can take to a seller, and answer the objections that follow.
- 05
Close
Plan the closing with title, a TC and insurance, and take the deal to the closing table.
This is what the program teaches and assesses. Whether you buy a property depends on your market, your effort and the sellers you meet. No program can promise that part.
Who it's for
- New investors who understand the structures in theory and want to apply them to real listings, with someone checking the numbers.
- Wholesalers who want a second structure for the listings cash can't buy.
- Agents who see stale listings that terms could solve, and want to speak a terms buyer's language.
What it takes
- About 8 hours a week: three live calls (or their recordings), an exam and a milestone.
- Offers sent every week, on real listings, from Week 3 on.
- Any US market works, including ones you don't live in. You choose where to start in Week 1 and can add more.
- No license and no prior deals are required to take the program.
The program isn't the right fit if
- You want a shortcut, or something that runs without you.
- You're looking for someone to do the deals for you.
Curriculum
Six weeks, each with a defined output.
Each week unlocks when you pass the previous week's exam (80%, retakes allowed) and complete its milestone. Six weeks is the recommended pace, not a deadline: move ahead, or take longer.
Toolkit set up, practice deals run
The classroom and the calculator open the day you enroll. Set up your tools, choose your market or markets, meet your pod, then learn the five structures and the underwriting math.
Exam 1
10 deals underwritten
How we filter the MLS, how to find off-market deals, how we use data aggregators to find the best opportunities, and the sniper approach: find properties that fit your criteria, confirm they're for sale on the MLS and contact the listing agent, one by one.
Exam 2
First deal structured, first LOIs sent
Terms, the letter of intent and the three purchase-contract templates: subject-to, seller finance and cash.
Exam 3
25 offers sent and a recorded role-play
An offer routine you can keep, follow-up, and what agents and sellers say by deal type, with how to answer.
Exam 4
Closing checklist and team plan
Title, the TC, insurance and loan servicing. Then roles, splits, AI for drafting and follow-up, and the systems that keep it running.
Exam 5
The capstone
Submit a full deal package (analysis, offer, contract terms, exit plan) and a short recorded walkthrough. Cedar's faculty review it live with the group and pass or fail it, with the reasons.
Capstone, pass or fail
- 5 graded exams
- 80% to pass, retakes allowed
- 5 milestones
- on real listings
- 1 capstone
- reviewed live, every other week
- Certificate of Completion
- The certificate isn't a license, an accreditation or a state approval.
Pass all five exams, complete the milestones and pass the capstone to graduate with a Certificate of Completion and a verification link. It is earned, not issued for attendance. The capstone: submit a full deal package and a short recorded walkthrough when you're ready. Cedar's faculty review every submission live with the group, every other week, and pass or fail it with the reasons. If it doesn't pass, fix it and resubmit.
Live calls
Three live calls every week, useful at any stage.
All at 7 pm Eastern, all recorded and posted in the classroom within 24 hours.
Monday · 7 pm ET
Course call
Teaching, plus Q&A on whatever stage you're at.
Wednesday · 7 pm ET
Deal review
Bring a deal at any stage; we work through it together, on screen.
Friday · 7 pm ET
Community call
The whole community, live: role-play and open questions.
Your pod. New members are grouped into pods of 5–6 every two weeks, by market and time zone where possible.
Guest sessions. Twice a month on Thursdays, a guest practitioner teaches a session. Guests change each month and are announced ahead of time; RSVP to attend. Education only, not advice on your deal; no referral fees either way.
Access. Course calls, deal reviews and capstone reviews stay open for 6 months from the day you join, however fast you finish. After that, the recordings, materials, toolkit, community and weekly community call stay open for as long as the Academy runs.
Faculty
Taught by the people who run Cedar.
Michael Moughames and Nicolas Faure own Cedar Acquisitions and run its deals. They teach the course calls, lead the deal reviews and judge every capstone.
Program lead
Michael Moughames
Co-owner, Cedar Acquisitions. Leads the curriculum and the course calls.
Underwriting and dispositions
Nicolas Faure
Co-owner, Cedar Acquisitions. Leads underwriting and dispositions: what a deal is worth and where it goes next.
A new guest each month
Guest faculty
Practitioners invited twice a month on Thursdays, announced ahead of time. RSVP to attend.
A note from the program lead
I closed my first deal, a wholesale, in 2021, then went to work for another investor in 2022 to learn how a working operation runs. In 2024 I went out on my own with those systems, and in 2025 we roughly doubled. This program teaches those systems, to the standard we hold our own team to.
Michael MoughamesProgram lead
This is Cedar's history, not a typical participant result. Most participants won't do this volume. We don't have participant results yet; we'll publish them once the first participants have graduated, with the share of participants they apply to.
The firm behind the faculty
- deals closed
- 113+
- of property closed
- About $20M
- states
- 23
Cedar's results, not participant results. Most participants won't do this volume. Cedar Acquisitions' own purchases. The dollar figure is the total price of the properties, not Cedar's revenue or profit.
Toolkit
The tools Cedar uses, in your hands from day one.
Subject-to, seller finance or a cash wholesale. Cash to close first, cash flow after reserves, the 7% cash cap, and a plain pass or fail on every check.
Objection script libraryfrom Week 4 By deal type and by who's objecting. The concern behind each objection, the answer, and what not to say.
The tools are educational. Have an attorney review any contract before you sign it or send it.
Tuition
Tuition is $1,997.
Pay in full by card, bank payment, or Affirm or Klarna (to spread it out with them, subject to their approval), or in four monthly card payments of $499.25 with no fee.
There are no refunds once you enroll: the full $1,997 is owed, including any plan payments not yet made. The fit check and the calculator are free, so you can judge us first.
Founding members
Enroll by Sunday 1 November to become a founding member.
Enrollment opens Monday 26 October, 9 am Eastern.
Capital Investors Academy launches on Monday 2 November 2026. Everyone who enrolls by Sunday 1 November 2026, 11:59 pm Eastern, becomes a founding member and gets:
- A founding-member badge in the community
- A private founders' Q&A with Michael and Nicolas
After the deadline, enrollment stays open. Enroll any day; Week 1 opens the moment you join.
Tuition includes
- 3 live calls every week, all recorded
- The curriculum, five graded exams, five milestones and the capstone
- The deal calculator, market panel, LOI and three contract templates
- Your pod and the private community
- The Certificate of Completion, for participants who meet the standard
- 6 months of calls and reviews, then the recordings, materials, toolkit, community and weekly call for as long as the Academy runs
The comparison
What the pieces cost, bought separately.
- Deal-finding and analysis softwarePro plan, $149 a month, for a year$1,788
- Property data and lead lists$119 a month, for a year$1,428
- Investor community membership$39 a month, for a year$468
- Attorney-drafted contractsSubject-to, seller-finance and cash purchase agreements, $1,000 each$3,000
Typical published prices for comparable services, checked 16 Oct 2026, priced for one year. In the Academy the toolkit, recordings, community and weekly call stay yours for as long as the Academy runs. Sources on file.
Before you enroll: a one-minute fit check
- 1Fit checkAbout a minute, free, with an instant result.
- 2EnrollIf it's a fit, you continue straight to enrollment. Your link stays valid for 7 days.
- 3PayIn full, or four monthly payments of $499.25 with no fee.
- 4Week 1 opensThe classroom and the calculator open the moment you join.
- 5Live callsThree a week at 7 pm Eastern, from Monday 2 November 2026.
The rule: if you can give about 8 hours a week and tick the three acknowledgements (education, not a promise of results; no refunds once enrolled; 18 or older), it's a fit and you can enroll straight away. If not yet, we'll tell you what to do first.
Free, about a minute. If it's a fit, you can enroll straight away. Start any day. New members are grouped into pods of 5–6 every two weeks.
Frequently asked questions
The program
Deals, the law and payment
Founding launch
Capital Investors Academy launches Monday 2 November 2026.
Take the one-minute fit check. If it's a fit, you can enroll straight away and Week 1 opens the moment you join. Enroll by Sunday 1 November, 11:59 pm Eastern, to become a founding member.
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