If any local NYC members plan to attend NYREI contact me if you'd like the book and I'll mail it to you. 

Some ideas:Become a part time auctioneer associate with an auction companyMeet with investors, offer to bring them good deals in return for a percentage of the equity or a referral feeGet a real estate license now, get into that culture to learn the businessTalk to home improvement companies (only the owners), offer to bring them leads (home improvement leads for windows, kitchens, bathrooms siding etc.) in return for cashThere is a great book that's been on the market for a long time; 500 Ways to Make Money Without a Job, look it up.Put together a friendly joint venture (family, friends associates) to raise money for investments.

The other thing I see all the time are the people who've been researching and reaching for months if not years and still have yet to do anything......All I can say is you will never learn from a book what real life experience can teach you.....its those who fail and never try again who truly fail...not those who keep going and try again.  

I came across a bank that lends up to 130% of the Kelly Blue Book value (credit score dependent of course). 6.

Having said that, I've been booked up for months in advance and had something come up that was an emergency or just a friend in need, and slid them into my schedule if it was something small.

A couple of my favorite books on commercial real estate that I recommend are: - Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apt Buildings by Steve Berges- Commercial Real Estate Investing by Dolf DeRoos (this was the equivalent of Rich Dad Poor Dad for me with commercial real estate) 

I'm listening to the BP Podcasts and reading books at the moment.  

BP member J Scott has a book called the book on flipping houses and you get his other book for free called the book on estimating rehab costs which sounds like the one you would want.

Scott's "The Book on Flipping Houses" and "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs".

You may want to decide between the more steady buy and hold or the faster pace flip to help pick a property and strategy...perhaps a full flip book like those on BP if that is the course and I have some low cost or free (at library) books on landlording if that is the next stop,in journey (see the blog post "classics of lanldord lit" on my profile)...BP has calculators for both strategies....