@Ben Toth, It all depends on the niche you are choosing to pursue.For wholesaling: Big Buks for Junk Houses by Randy Phillips & If you cant wholesale after this I have nothing for you by Todd FlemingLease Options: Turn Key Investing with lease options by Matthew ChanOwner Financing: My Life & 1,000 Houses: The Art of Owner Financing by Mitch StephensGeneral: The Millionaire Real Estate Investor By Gary KellerThese books along with several others give you an idea of what is possible.

As for the keys, why did you leave the closing without getting them, if that was in the contract?

So given my situation... great credit, stable job, good source of income best bet would be conventional.

The major key to the success of investing in single family rental property is do your homework in advance and consider all the above and you'll do great . 

You can contact a list broker about getting business listings from a number of sources.

The key here is that she is pregnant and due around October.

Yet knowing and understanding numbers is the key.

Its a Turn Key with Tenant in place.

As you're building your credit, you'll need a team and essentially it starts with a few key folks: (1) attorney who is focused on real estate (2) property manager.

We were overseas and coulnd’t buy in the US directly,  so we bought newer turn key properties rather than fixers.