New to real estate investing - looking for a starting place

[Brian C. Dilley]

I'm brand new to real estate investing. I currently live in California and have a brother who lives in Oklahoma. I was planning on purchasing a number of homes in Oklahoma and having him manage them.  The general area would be Broken Bow Oklahoma.  As neither of us have ever done this before, can someone point us to a good starting guide?  Things to watch out for? What not to do? What TO do? etc.?  Just looking for any type of advice we could get from the veterans of this space out there :)

Thanks!