http://www.cbsnews.com/media/the-10-hottest-real-e...Here's an article that says that Orlando will see the largest rise in home prices this year, at 5.7%.Considering real estate as an investment, these returns are very low compared to the stock market.According to this, one should never invest in the value of real estate because there money would be much better in stocks or even municipal bonds.

Other books include The Four hour workweek by Time Ferres, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and listen to all the BiggerPockets podcasts and short article forums.

I enjoyed that article, I've been using different strategies to find motivated sellers and it struck me that the properties on MlS are motivated.

This article might be helpful:How an Estate Is Settled If There's No Will: Intestate Succession

Account Closed I saw your BiggerPockets Article recently on technology: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/10/18... and saw some stuff I wasn't familiar with. 

Don't miss The BiggerPockets Podcast - they are great for learning how others are finding success.By the way - 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 FieldOh - and be sure to set up some Keyword Alerts- especially for "Sugar Land" so you'll be notified when people mention it here in the forums.Thanks again for introducing yourself!

Saw FNMA article this morning.

this paragraph is from an online article on wholesaling on ehow.com (which I find a very good, distilled kind of info resource by the way.)"

Here's a Bulletin on BP pointing to an article that examines this question . . . the chart is pretty remakable and worth a look:How Low Can the Market Go?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/200015 http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/2009/03/03/Formula-That-Killed-Wall-Street Mathematician, actuary and statistician are the top jobs according to Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123119236117055127.html Soapbox: Please note that most of the "Best Jobs" are exportable and most of the "Worst Jobs" are not exportable.