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I came across BP and just finished the free e-book today!

I also bought the J Scott books.

Consider using you past experience for student housing see below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereCheck out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Two Great reads, I bought both J.

One book I recently read states they love pets because the renters have a more difficult time finding a place to live and they have a larger potential pool of tenants.

Careful though usually that are full of wanna-be investors.For wholesaling go to www.flip2freedom.comThere are a ton of great books on rentals..

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Great time to start building the legacy.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereCheck out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

I highly recommend the self help legal books from Nolo Press.

I first became interested in REI about 10 years ago kind of just out of the blue but I never really committed myself to doing any learning.