As I have been pulling together capital to get started, I have also been researching markets, podcast listening and reading every book I can get my hands on to get a foundational education.In my mind, with my capital limitations to get started I love the BRRRR strategy, I think I can make it through the Buy, Rehab, Rent,  once before chasing loans if I stay in certain markets.  

We live a small beach town and figured that we wouldn't get much action until the summer, but we were pleasantly surprised that bookings starting rolling in fast. 

I have read a couple of Real Estate books since I started to look into Real Estate investment.

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After that I would let my instincts guide me.

Any good books on the subject would be appreciated also! 

They also frequently ask the guests on the podcast what their favorite real estate and non-real estate related books are, which will help add some depth to your recommended reading list.

I just finished Turner's book on rental properties and hope to gain further insight on Investing with No (and Low) Money Down.Cheers,Chris Henderson

Scott’s book on estimating rehab cost.

A long time ago someone wrote a book called "Blink", and it talks about how our first impressions of someone we first meet are usually the correct ones".