What I mean by that is you can market yourself as a realtor in many ways - Ex - if you meet someone in line at the grocery store - mention it and give them your card, wear a T-shirt that has your logo on it, talk to friends/family and let them know that you're trying to get listings, create an Instagram account to post your listings once you get them, go to networking events, etc. 

I've got my fingers crossed that it's just one of those fairy tale deals you hear about from time to time - you know, "I bought my first house for 8 dollars and just sold it to Adele for 400 million." 

Forget about that rich dad crap, it's a fairy tale.  

Instagram and FB have a tremendous amount of untapped potential because of the traffic they receive.

I googled him, and still don't know who he is...Is he the writer that was in the movie, "A Knight's Tale"?

The book is A Rehabber's Tale by our very own Richard Warren.From your question, though, it sounds like you're more interested in a book on home design and decorating rather than a book on real estate investment.

Any recommendations or cautionary tales when it comes to what types of properties to invest in (D neighborhood, higher cash flow vs.

I recently was seller at a closing where something similar to the OP's tale occurred.

I have seen too many horror tales over 30 years.

So that short tale has a happy ending :)Having a solid impression of how your operator will act if and when things don't go according to plan is most important.