I really only started reading books about it, doing research and what not after i graduated highschool.

You get the opportunity to establish a presence inside a captive audience (this is especially good for product marketers, website developers, book authors, real estate experts or coaches, etc.)

I may be living in one of them after the rentals I now have booked are finished.

They were given an open book on what they were allowed to do.

Otherwise, you're going to be taken for a ride.At the very least, go out and grab every book you can find on apartment investing.

I would do some serious checking into the Assn books.

Look for methods of finding private money lenders.It sounds like you haven't read enough real estate investing books yet.

I was asked to write a book for a real estate seminar company in 2001 about my experiences and early retirement which I did.

In his book, Shiller does use rent vs. price comparisons as one piece of evidence of a bubble.

Hold everything and not make any moves until the dust settles, or at least wait until the end of the year to get a good deal as everyone is closing their books?