Hello Robert,Please pardon the long answer to your short question here but lets elaborate a little bit.Their are one of two strategies going into a investment deal using little if any of your own money, one is, controlling the property the other taking over the property with seller financing.Quite honestly, in the illustration above you could get that deal with nothing down (well, a $10 binder deposit) using a 30, 60 or 90 day option agreement and then sell your position for more than you have it locked up for and that's your spread.

If that was true, I reasoned, then a market niche should exist that would let a man make a respectable living -without- being corrupt.I know, we're all just people, and we're mostly not corrupt. but, given the way the real estate market and practices were being illustrated back then, can you blame me for thinking the way I did?

It illustrates how people are blinded by their own sense of style and taste. 

I'm sure there are books the community recommends, but are there certain books that need to be read (often ones with graphs, charts, illustrations) and ones that can be as insightful in audio form? 

This is clearly illustrated in the yield of the assets and market.

I make a great living in my business as a freelance illustrator (www.rand247.com).

@Conner WoodsYou illustrated one of my favorite quotes: Advice is something we ask for when we already know the answer but we wish we didn't. :)If you can find someone local who specializes in REI the way we do - then it's great.

@Justin O'Malley I used the illustration of two years ago v today to demonstrate just how quickly time passes us by!

As the graphs illustrate, purchasing power will come down, and in order to balance the market, home prices should flatten or reduce accordingly as supply and demand work their magic.

He writes very illustratively and talks about everything you need to know to get into rental property investing: from how to choose and analyze a deal to how to deal with tenants once you have them.