sport pilot training

Hey all. I'm coming up on a CFI checkride and I want to make sure my understanding of the new Sport Pilot rules / MOSAIC is correct. It's a mess of 700 pages and is rather confusing. Here's my current understanding: Let's say we have a Sport Pilot Certificate (or Higher, Private, Commercial...

I'm interested in getting a Sport Pilot (Airplane) Certificate because pursuing a third-class medical for PPL would be risky for me. I live in Houston -- far away from any LSA rentals -- so I'm thinking about taking a long vacation to go through an accelerated training program elsewhere. If I...