I haven't done it yet but I think you can go get them at a physical office.... but I wanted to see if anyone has some info on what some of the indicators mean that I'm seeing.For example, on two of them it comes up with a Tax Status of exempt.

Since I don't have a lot of money now, I am trying to jumpstart things by wholesaling until I get the money to incorporate flips and then use both to finance my rentals.

Sorry, Live meaning you physically have to show up not Hubzu or auction.com.

Xavier Wharton , plenty of non-real estate books on the topic and lots of research from Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, etc.However, the content is geared towards managing larger organizations/corporations and I used to read them when I had oversight of 600 people in corporate America.

I recently attended a RE meetup event and the speaker emphasized treating real estate investments as cold, number-driven investments and actually suggested buying properties physically far away from the investor is one way to control for this to ensure that investment decisions are made dispassionately.

Retrofitting an older building to Passivhaus standards may not be physically or economically feasible.  

The best necessary advice could be "definitely physically check the REI deal out" as much as possible or else be prepared to lose money. 

@James Hendricks I'm not sure if you will get all the info you need here (Rentometer.com), but I'm not sure if there is a physical place to find it either (Like a Demographics/Census department within the city of Philadelphia).

It is more important that you are a resident or have local counsel in the state that the LLC is incorporated in.

I am a physical therapist, own my own practice, and am slowly trying to build a real estate portfolio.