Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step Guide

I found this article about 9 tips for new agents.

I see many, many nights and weekends deep into reading BP articles and listening to podcasts in my future.

Oh - and here are my favorite articles on Wholesaling:9 Reasons You Couldn’t Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale DealDon’t Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and FlipperHow to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the Field

The library of articles that are available, are another good source of good info, as well as participating.

Turns out that the 'landlord' was a scam artist, who scoped out empty houses, changed the locks, took on the name of the owner, and rented the property.http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Impostor-rented-out-someone-else-s-home-4981397.phpWhat if you were the owner of that vacant house and found people living in it, who signed a lease in good faith and spent all their money on deposit and first month's rent?

Oh - and here are my favorite articles on Wholesaling:9 Reasons You Couldn’t Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale DealDon’t Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and FlipperHow to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the Field

Physics-wise, you get the heat of burning a candle in the room, no matter what nonsense you do to it.

Have you taken the time to read our Ultimate Beginner's Guide to REI, read through the articles on our BiggerPockets blog, read the hundreds of thousands of posts here on the forums, or listened to our podcast?

As I hear day after day about rising prices and the biggest jump in real estate price indeces since 2006, I wonder how much of the measured increase is not actually due to an improvement in the market, but due to physical improvements in many of the properties being sold. i.e., How much has the mix of the condition of properties sold contributed to decreases and increases in real estate price indeces (e.g., Case/Shiller) throughout the economic cycle?