It takes an independent agent with knowledge of the current marketplace to find companies that are willing to pick up the slack. 

My partner and I have recently bid on a home on  homesearch.com, We were the Highest bidder (@ 138,000) but the reserve was not met. I had previously bid on this house twice on the auction and saw it had met the reser...

However I know some bougtique fellows that are not realtors will use their sourcing ability and their rehab ability and bring you a deal at cost with a pretty small mark up  usually less than a sales commish to an outside agency.. so there is that program as well.. need cash for that.. in the old days I used to do the Hardmoney loan to help you buy and rehab but most of us lenders won't do that for newbie or out of state investors anymore risk are to high.But get on line check out all the different companies there are 100's  and there are probably 30 plus viable markets ...

If you're studying for your real estate test, there's some great online schools.

Try the marketplace on Bigger Pockets 

The closest I've come to any of this is read some books and see other information online about this profession.

Or online news papers?

Love not only investing in the Indy market but also collaborating in this marketplace .

It looks like the inventory is mostly online comics, online games, manga, etc.

For the most part, I can see a fair 10% increase, that’s normal and in line with the market place.