I just started reading the e-book "Ultimate Beginners Guide".

Don't do it, man you have all the info that you may need right here on Bigger Pockets, and there are a lot of other active investor who have free info, like podcast and ebooks that will give you all you need, or if you realy have to you can whole lot more for just $500 or $600 just make sure it's not a upsale, I always ask them is there another class and advance class, if they say yes I don't do it, you also have to be careful of the REI Clubs, a lot of time there are in Cahoots with each other, they get half of whats is made on a class for a day or two, I also have got tooking for my money, been to a lot of classes, so to over come this I started to work for them to learn more about the RE business and got more about how they work the so call Real Estate circuit, Try the free podcast on www.houseflippinghq.com it is so much you can gain, all that up sale and expensive class are BS, I know people who took the those classes and still can't make it work, and I know people who just read a book and now making a ton of money.

Do they offer textbooks as well as e-books?

Bigger Pockets has various resources: ebooks, blogs, forums, podcasts, webinars, colleagues, keyword alerts, an awards system, a learn section, informative people in many fields of real estate, and more.Consider spending 30 minutes for 30 consecutive days on Bigger Pockets.

Bigger Pockets has various resources: ebooks, blogs, forums, podcasts, webinars, colleagues, keyword alerts, an awards system, a learn section, informative people in many fields of real estate, and more.Consider spending 30 minutes for 30 consecutive days on Bigger Pockets.

If you go into the file share section of this site I uploaded an ebook titled Driving For Dollars " that would help you with how to talk to the owner. 

I usually ask about savings, whether parents or grandparents can help, if they can sell valuable possessions or take second jobs, get grants, gifts, use trust funds, personal loans or co-signers, or a combination of these alternatives with a complimentary loan program usually gets the ball rolling.

They provide audio files and a downloadable eBook at this level.

They’re definitely not complimentary to each other.

Public libraries allow you to use it for free, plenty of ebooks and audio books you can borrow.