I suspect most books are going to be generic and the laws and how they affect your bidding and strategies vary tremendously form state to state.

I trusted her and in the end she caused a tremendous amount of stress on me.

You may be thinking purely of the property-finding aspect, but there's a lot more to consider.First off, as an unrepresented buyer, the only sellers who will take you seriously are usually going to be FSBO's, who may not know any better, or scumbags who know they can take wild advantage of you - any listing agent worth their salt is going to see an unrepresented buyer as a tremendous liability and amount of work for themselves and their seller. 

Obviously, with the BMR rents, there is a tremendous potential for appreciation if the existing tenants leave, but as a landlord in Oakland, there is no way I know of, that can make a BMR tenant with several years of tenancy leave..

I appreciate the comments this has helped me tremendously.

I wouldn't pay for something if I didn't perceive getting tremendous value from.  

In current market conditions this makes the most sense and mitigates risk tremendously as a new land lord. 

thanks Charlie that helped tremendously. 

There are tremendous variety of properties and opportunities from flipping to vacation rentals on the beaches of the Gulf and Mobile Bay.

Shelly Smith I started with a mentor which helped me tremendously I also networked at the REIA meetings learned as much about my specific strategy and took action!