Don't want to start a media war but this prompted my question.CNN recently published an article:http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/05/real_estate/house-...and the article states a florida investor made 400k on a flip deal. 

I would also definitely pick up ever book published through BP, they're amazing and have taught me so much.

I looked there and maybe I'm missing something, but from the looks of it, Texas does not publish the sold price at the county website.

Also be sure to publish your acceptance criteria in your listing information to weed people that won't meet your requirements right off the bat, saving you time and money. 

I ignore published CAPs and NOI.

We call employers and google for employers public published phone numbers and call that one instead of the one that the tenant provides and see if we can still get connected to their "supervisor".  

I would recommend checking out Top 20 Books for Investors - a free list published by BP.Good Luck to you!

I don't think the brokerage is as important as you deciding where to focus, though Keller Williams does have education around investing and Gary Keller has published 3 books on the topic.I'm happy to help in any way if you need it.

NOLO is a publisher that has a niche on publishing legal and business related books.

About a year ago, I started getting into publishing and have learned a LOT not only about publishing, but entrepreneurship, outsourcing, scaling a business and etc.