Heck, if you do not mind me installing a keyless entry, I would build a web site for the property, pay for listing and handle all bookings and automatically email you every booking agreement as well as give you access to a web based system so you can see the details of all the costs involved in your property for 10% :)!

Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideSeeya around the site!

Nor in the book after that.

Time to start building the legacy.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthereCheck out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.As Eric and Shaun said check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

In my forthcoming book "The Value Investors Guide to Apartment Buildings" I use this illustration to show the relationship between cap rate and price given a certain amount of NOI:Good hunting-

I am going to check one out tomorrow and I feel like I am in over my head but I have been doing reading and the deal looks good but that is all subject to change tomorrow when I look at the actual park and talk with the manager and review the books etc.Thanks Paul

I have not read the beginner book yet, but I fully intend on it!

And I guess learning thru books and hopefully later thru real life will make me better.As for my assumptions, yes I'm sounding a bit niave.

BTW love your books

@Bill Gulley is right about the books for a licensed agent.