Check out the BP Ultimate Beginner's Guide and then once you've finished that, read "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" by Gary Keller and "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs To Know About Cash Flow" by Frank Gallinelli. 

Of course, you need to read The Ultimate Beginners Guide to REI here on BPIf you haven’t already, please read/listen to these books ASAP!

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Wholesaling is a good place to start with wholesaling if you haven't read it already.

If you haven't already, the Ultimate Beginner's Guide Real Estate Wholesaling gives sort of the blueprint you're asking for.Best of luck,JTM

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@Mike Vann it covers the basics, but his next book "The advanced guide to real estate" goes even deeper and is probably what you'll want to get next. 

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide would be a good book to start here. 

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I also plan on creating a short sale companion guide for the average home owners as well, along with a video guide.