A good place to start is Brandon's Book on investing in real estate with low or no money down, published by Bigger pockets.

@Olivia Tallchief Just published one of my first blog posts about good neighbors...

I was also inspired by watching some HGTV programs on Netflix last night and I really think this may be a field that interest me, I know TV is nothing like real life.I was also encouraged by Episode 113 of the BP Podcast which I have heard about 3 times and was only published yesterday and I was given a gleam of hope that I may be able to one day become a successful investor.  

To put it in perspective, this article was recently published (8/11/15) on Nola.com indicating that home prices are up 46% since Hurricane Katrina http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/08/new_orleans_home_prices_up_46.html.  

Rob has a good point about professional advice, too.Also, I see a neat looking new BP tax book and also have used Fishman's Nolo on Tax Dedcutions for Landlords the last few years, too (disclosure: did a work for that publisher but no interest in the tax title or the BP book mentioned, one I still need to read). 

In one state I did foreclosures the NOD was required to be published in a newspaper.

He always told me about publishing. 

Does anyone know if eviction notices are published in the local press?

You have to lend at the AFR rate published for your lending term.

Decreased Housing Supply Continues to Lessen Affordability: Zillow by Jacob Passy MAR 27, 2015 4:22pm ET Housing affordability has shrunk as the issuing of new housing permits has failed to keep pace with population growth in cities across the country, according to research from Zillow.The cities that have maintained affordability the best are those that have either experienced low rates of population growth or have kept in step with that growth by building more housing units, according to the report published March 27 by Zillowmore....http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/originati...