Here are some books that I found very useful.All Americas real estate book- Its old, but it has a nice perspective.Real Estate Riches - Dolf deRoos.

Read the posts on this forum, read books and articles, join your local REIA, etc.

I have read Ron LeGrands books and he uses 70% as well...just not real sure why...Also, is it safe to say that someone could sell their house for 70% below MV?

. - alot of them he does "not recommend". he rips them and then offers his books and other materials in place of all them.BUT i can't say that i've read any of his material other than what's on his site in terms of articles.

I am on my second real estate investment book and plan on searching for a property very soon.

I'm rereading the book to stay on track.

that's why i read books, scour websites (like this) for info or properties in the areas that interest me.

Funny how I've never seen that before and I've read a number of books which talk about it.

They sound and act like Bloomington is this bubble and no one has ever heard or read REI books like we all have.

They are easy to SELL and mistake the trappings of success for real success.However, I've read lots of books from the library and been offered many sets of tapes and books for almost nothing.