I've gone through books and all the various YouTube stuff, but best to talk to real people doing the real thing. 

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

You can learn almost everything you need about that on Youtube.

So lots were trading at 500. to maybe 3k in the day.. then they shoot up to 10k and when there is a boom they will shoot up to 30 to 40k only to drop back down to 10k I have watched those prices all these years..

We would recommend just listening to some podcasts / Youtube or jumping on FB and looking for Note Groups. 

I have made 30 videos on how to do things and put them on a YouTube page for our tenants, sent it out on an announcement, etc.   

Watch out for the village requirements and make sure your team knows what areas require rental and pre-sale inspections. 

However, I know that I do not want all my income to be reliant on my day job and live to watch my retirement account grow.I am probably doing better than a lot of people my age but am eager to take the correct steps to build a real estate portfolio.

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

Largely is because renters are not going to watch their electricity usage patterns, which makes it is hard to dial in the right system config to anticipate the load.