After a few youtube videos hooked me on "flipping", I started to search around for a good deal.

Having a creative background, first as a professional musician and then as music video, commercial and content producer, I never thought I'd be so hooked in real estate investing and the potential that comes with it. 

Sell them now.After you read some more books, blogs, videos, whatever, and get a better feel for finding below market properties, then you can start to think about getting into a house again.

@Jr Trotta Dislcaimer: I am in no way affiliated with the following: Housingalerts.com (Ken Wade) has two videos of the top 50 markets on YouTube.

Not a book - but I second YouTube - you would not believe what they have dozens of videos on.

I stumbled upon real estate investing from a YouTube video and got "The Bug".

I started listening to podcasts on the way to work and back, and watching YouTube videos every night. 

Offers can be written and signed electronically, you can tour the property with a video call on a smartphone, etc. 

I found BiggerPockets via a Youtube video and I wondered if there is a collective of BiggerPockets thinkers in the UK. 

Their flat rate monthly service covers all materials and labor, wear and tear, tenant turnovers, repairs and replacement, preventative and comprehensive maintenance and home improvements,  Unlike home warranties, they don't charge any deductibles for repairs.Maintenance requests are reported by the tenant using their mobile video app or detected by IoT sensors from connected devices, and sent to the landlord or property manager for approval.