One of the key points in Chris Voss's "Never Split the Difference" book is that fear of losing something is far more powerful of a negotiating tool. 

@Tim Sipowicz J Scott's book is good, but the pricing in there is more or less irrelevant at this point so don't spend too much time learning his pricing models.

I am using the rental application that can with the book I purchased from BP called The Book on Managing Rental Properties by Brandon Turner.

A book I read suggested that you should have every property have its own llc and bank account.

@Teri Feeney Styers Yes, the book is called 8 Steps to Beating the Salary Trap.

My interest in real estate stems from reading Craig Curelop's The House Hacking Strategy: How to Use Your Home to Achieve Financial Freedom; ever since reading this book, I have been learning in preparation to purchase my wife and I's first investment property a 2-4 unit small multiplex (in Massachusetts driving distance from my wife's work in Medfield) which will allow us to implement Craig's house hacking strategy, and begin to scale our real estate business toward financial freedom.

This is a book I am going to start reading next week. 

It's called Bigger Pockets : )If you are a beginner, I would suggest you start here to obtain your footing:http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingAlso, believe it or not, the Real Estate Investing for Dummies Second Version book is helpful, pretty straight forward, and entertaining to read.  

I asked for realistic evaluations of my thought process previously, was told to read Scott's book, and here I am once again seeking honest opinions on what I'm thinking after having read the book. I

bought a house in a cuddlesack in 09 the entire neighborhood is emcopassedin a brick wall, front and sides, my wall is both front and sides ,told by the seller wall covered-my badNothing about fence/wall in HOA book bylaws or covenantsI noticed structral damage on wing wall contacted HOA June 2012, they said nothing in book, I joined the board, and they took resposibilty/used HOA money to find out, got survey, lawyer, determined my wing wall was deemed on 50/50 land and that the HOA never deeded that land over via quick title.