Please respond with both the "what" and "how"---example...What: Canvassing foreclosuresHow: Weekly NOD Search at the CourthouseFeel free to go into depth on strategies, techniques and how-to's if you care to...Let's have fun with this and share ideas and leave a footprint for others to see and learn from in the future.

I have learned more in depth in regards to double closing and the benefit of it.

I later found that Bigger Pockets had a list for the top 20 blogs and the blogs I was checking out were winners.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/06/28/the-top-20-real-estate-investing-blogs/Some of the blogs go really in depth with the process of buying property, number crunching, reading the market and the whole nine.

I personally could argue either side, but after years of in-depth experience I've concluded that there is no certain answer to the question of who really pays the commission.If you've ever had the opportunity to list a home as an agent, then you would know that most sellers take on the attitude of "I'm paying the commission, therefore you work for me".

It is a little more in depth with his concepts and I do think there is value in a lot of what he says.That being said, I will continue to read highly recommended guru books as I think they are great for motivation to keep moving forward.

I do LO's in TX and did a more in depth post here:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/83/topics/67303-branching-out-into-tx-w-lease-options Of course, it ended up in more exciting things such as tequila and TX made vodka....

I want to show the struggles and a little more reality, more in depth that on that show.

I also search for properties that have been on the market for a while, including the total history, not just current days on market, which can be manipulated by agents.

Plus, that rush you feel in the depths of your belly when you knock on a stranger's door to talk to them about their woes is better than jumping out of an airplane.If you go the door knocking route, be aware that most people will not be home, so leaving a bulky package with a handwritten note also got me a decent response.

This is good resent history with this title:[b]FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO WORKING PAPER SERIESAsset Price Declines and Real Estate Market Illiquidity: Evidence from Japanese Land Values[/b]I can forward this in depth study of how the Japanese maket played out to anyone who requests it.