Which brings us to...Further, the OP article is published on a website that has a vested interest in this, as they will happily charge a fee to help you invest that $75k you just pulled out (EDIT: Oh, they will also do the cash out refinance... just clicked around the website to confirm).

You will be given full credit in the blog post that will be published at the end of the project (per the links above).

It seems like this list has gotten more and more BP published books over the years but still worth checking out https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/14/best-real-estate-books/Personally Rich Dad and Richest Man In Babylon are good for mindset but not great for actionable steps.

I've been in Chicago for the past few years doing programming and digital publishing.

to see if they publish anything.As licensed agents we grab data from our local MLS and create numerous plots of real estate market trends for sales.

Some areas like Silicon Valley have published reports available (Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies) which I suspect sell info to local companies.

I read that the Shelby County Tax Sale properties would be published in the Shelby County Reporter. 

I retired from newspaper publishing a few years ago.

A article recently published in Biz Journal about a friend of a friend who purchased a 160 unit Class D- with $65k/month in rents brought it up to $90k/month.

s are not published in the public records.