I am reading several books on the topic and boning up on my necessary mathematics.

There's no trailer in existence that's worth anything near $80K.Lonnie deal refers to Lonnie Scruggins, and his book "Deals on Wheels".

any suggestions on which book to get?

Keep your education process moving and learn alot from this site and a few select books that can be bought cheaply from ebay or amazon.com (used books option).

here's the link: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/6100-how-about-a-course-or-book-on-wholesaling-but-something-?

On the properties that I found for rehabing prior to finding out that it would not work for me, I put together almost book report style proposals for potential investors featuring repair costs, photos, my own blueprints etc.I want to thank all the experienced investors on the site for the valuable information they are willing to share.

I have been educating myself for over a year now, through books and CD's and even a seminar.Because REI is wide and deep, I've been trying to find my niche in this business.

You might want to check out Bill (William) Bronchick's book "Wealth Protection Secrets...".

Technically Mike, his wealth was in livestock and at the end of the book right before he rebuilt his livestock wealth again - gold rings.

I also discuss this at greater length in a case study in my one of my books http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Real-Estate-Investment-Examples/dp/0981813801 Hope this helps.