I am on my second real estate investment book and plan on searching for a property very soon.

I'm rereading the book to stay on track.

that's why i read books, scour websites (like this) for info or properties in the areas that interest me.

Funny how I've never seen that before and I've read a number of books which talk about it.

If you want to know who realizes this more than anyone, just look at the previously mentioned red, white and blue realty signs.

Having done this twice already and getting ready to do it again... the SEC has some very specific rules about these kinds of things.Most of the rules captured under a generic term called 'Blue Sky Laws" deal with how you approach different levels of investors...

They sound and act like Bloomington is this bubble and no one has ever heard or read REI books like we all have.

They are easy to SELL and mistake the trappings of success for real success.However, I've read lots of books from the library and been offered many sets of tapes and books for almost nothing.

Or will the bank hold it on it's books and bid it up higher?

The information is available in many forms (from books, from successful investors at their local REIA, from this forum, etc).