I'll be increasing the rent when the contract renews, as well as refinancing.I bought another house in Eastern NM, which I currently live in.I am looking to purchase additional properties in my area.Full Disclosure: My mother is a realtor with Keller Williams in Maryland, and I am using her for referrals and advice.

Investors are too needy unless they are experienced and dot need their hands held.Read the millionaire real estate agent by Gary Keller.

He's the CEO of the SODO Keller Williams.

I ended up at Keller Williams in St.

However, if the numbers don't make sense, I'm not committed to keeping it.Right now I'm reading through Gary Keller's The Millionaire Real Estate Investor and William Nickerson's How I Turned $1000 into Five Million in Real Estate.

Next in my stack is:The Housing Boom and Bust by Thomas SowellGood to Great by Jim Collins Lessons of History by Will DurantWill get something by Gary Keller, Napolean Hill, and maybe one of the Sharks, lol. 

Just an interesting piece of insight, recently I started reading Gary Keller's "The Shift" and in the first section, I see a chart depicting general real estate market trends and wow, according to the graph, I started doing real estate during the worst time of the year right when the market slows and activity declines!

It really depends on whether you want to flip or hold, but either way, I would start with The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller.

I work for Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC as an associate broker.

There is a local Real estate club that actually meets in Fayetteville; run by a buy and hold investor mentioned in Gary Keller's book.