These are not exhaustive lists, but rather food for thought.

If you're not very rich, very poor, or a public employee then the Golden State is probably not for you.

Where should I start, my dad only gave me Rich dad poor dad and 100k to start out, and he only owns 100 properties.

I am not so naive to think that real estate is all rainbows and butterflies nor is it a "get rich quick method".

There are a lot...here is a good place to start : https://www.biggerpockets.com/booksI like Brandon's "The Book on Rental Property Investing" and I also have a few queue'd up, "Rich Dad Poor Dad", "Building Wealth One House at a Time", "Flip Your Future", "Your Money or Your Life" is also good, and some others as well. 

There are too many people in the food chain that can screw you.

Real estate investing is used best a get get rich slow program and is very much a relationship business.

Obviously, this all got kickstarted from reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

Have you read Rich Dad, Poor Dad: what the rich teach their children that the poor do not? 

There must be some food source (e.g. aphids) to have that many ladybugs.