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As far as buy and hold, I would recommend Jeffrey Taylor's The Landlord's Survival Guide as property management is critical to buy and hold. 

But when there is a problem you are not their customer and they have very tall walls that you cannot get through.What did I learn: Until the deed is recorded there is nothing that prevents someone from recording a lien on the property against the previous owner and your owner's title policy may not (probably will not) cover it.I will use my own title company in the future.

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I'm working my way through the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Investing... and learning how much I don't know :). 

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