Peter Conti has some good books on creative buying and selling.

So with patience, the low risk low cash flow investment, will cash flow a lot more over the course of time as rents there grow...just like a Dividend Aristocrat Stock that has a very low initial yield, but the yield on cost grows every year and eventually, you get higher dividends than in a high yielding stock.While Baltimore and DC are geographically close, they are on opposite ends of the risk spectrum.Baltimore (High Risk)  ______________ Washington, DC (Low Risk)

Conti describing a program called Lot Flipper.

Get Defensive Real Estate Investing by Bill Bronchick and Multiple Streams of Income by Peter Conti and David Finkel.

I posted an article this morning about Rick Koerber, from Utah Conty, Utah.

I am 59 years old and I live in Dallas Conty in Coppell.I found BP about 6 months ago and I am still trying to decide what to do.  

The Areas that stood out to me (primarily because they at least at SOME level of growth and were lower than the Chicago average for violent crime) are:-60638Clearing neighborhood-60652Ashburn neighborhood, Scottsdale neighborhood, West Lawn neighborhood-60646Forest Glen neighborhood, Jefferson Park neighborhood, North Park neighborhood, Norwood Park neighborhood, Sauganash neighborhood-60706Norridge, Harwood Heights-60655Beverly neighborhood, Morgan Park neighborhood, Mount Greenwood neighborhood-60634Belmont Cragin neighborhood, Cragin (Belmont Cragin) neighborhood, Dunning neighborhood, Montclare neighborhood, O'Hare neighborhood, Portage Park neighborhood-60707Belmont Cragin neighborhood, Conti Circle (Conti) neighborhood, Cragin (Belmont Cragin) neighborhood, Galewood neighborhood, Montclare neighborhood-60803Howes Landing Boat Launch neighborhood, Laramie Square neighborhood, Navajo Hills neighborhoodNow I have no idea where these fall in terms of price or cap rates, but they are all neighborhoods that had decent to good growth and were (again) lower than the Chicago average for violent crime (still all over the national average) AND they are all neighbors I haven't heard much about around real estate circles. 8.

EdwardsCommercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies by Peter Conti and Peter Harris

If you’re open to looking outside RE, aristocrat dividend stocks that kick off 2.5-3% dividend yield (higher can be achieved but typically the companies offering 13% dividends won’t be in business much longer).

It's also dependent on your role of active vs. passive, how much capital you have access to, and what role you're looking to do.Either way, for fundamentals I'd recommend:- Buying Real Estate Without Cash or Credit by Peter Conti and David Finkel- The Landlord's Survival Guide: How to Successfully Manage Rental Property as a New or Part Time Real Estate Investor by Jeffrey Taylor.