I send a lot of emails as those serve as written communications, can be added to file and the reader(s) can review the content within their own managed time slots.  

While not specifically real estate books, anything by Harvey Mackay is well worth while:Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten AliveBeware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt,Dig Your Well Before You’re ThirstyPushing the EnvelopeWe Got Fired!

Also, sounds like you went from one Loan Shark (HML 15%) lender to another (8.4%, + 5%) prepayment penalty. 

He said "There are a lot of sharks in that business, you won't be able to complete."

(REIA's are entertaining and a fun way to spend an evening, unfortunately most of the members are trying to find that magic way to get rich, at REIA you will find that many of the speakers and some of the sharks see you as a source of income and will up-sell you more seminars and courses, or motivate you to buy their properties at a great profit for themselves)Thanks One more question what do people think about mentor programs that you pay for how have they helped you or how have they not ?

However, there are investors making money at trustee sales, just be acreful, as you are a small fish in what is a very large ocean with many sharks and they can eat you alive.

And once you get over 10, you're going to be out of slots for a conventional and will have to do commercial.Doing the 5 to 10 loans was a huge pain in the neck.

Maybe think about what you want to accomplish by throwing yourself into one of these shark tanks.

Now that the chum is in the water, the sharks will be circling, then closing in ...If you do want to ask about a certain company, there is a forum here on BP for that - "Ask about a company" I think is what it is called.

The pre-foreclosure investor is assumed to be the shark not well liked by the public who is not offering a solution to the borrower.Reading about the technical RE details is important.