I have a blog post on how to find the best spreads between foreclosed prices and retails prices by zip-code - It's not complete for every city - a little known feature in RealtyTrac - blog link on my signature line.

Here are some good resources below that might help you in your search:good article about benefits of multi-families as your first investment/ home purchase (blog is also very good):http://realestateinyourtwenties.com/blog/your-first-investment-property-should-be/?

I found a great article here: http://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/using-a-company-to-save-tax-on-rental-income/ (hope I can post links, not my content)But it is only relevant to the UK.

I would be VERY cautious of this lender for the following reasons:1) They are outside the US. 2) That's a pretty hefty upfront "processing fee" they are charging. 3) On another real estate lending blog site this "lender" has advertised real estate loans at "a low rate of 2%".

Take a look at Jerry Puckett's recent blog on effectiveness of mailing campaigns. http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/1378/blog_posts/24464-building-your-direct-mail-marketin-machine

Read the forums/Blogs, look at the educational items and ask questions.

Regarding my comment above about the value of a great business school, I saw this today:http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/10/stanford-grad-firms-equal-10th-biggest.html

I'm writing a blog about our investment travels, what we are learning, our success and pitfalls along the way if anyone is interested in learning with usits at http://camakos.blogspot.comHope it helps

I love their quick development time and access to lots of add-ons (such as IDX, contact pages, and even blogs) that I would have had to build manually.

Buying and the selling closing in the same day as mentioned in earlier blog replies.