My immediate book suggestion would be to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad.While you are in the pre house purchase phase: network, learn as much as you can, and pay off your debt!

A very rich friend of mine told me decades ago to follow the trendsetters at the time.

That more then any other factor has made longterm real estate owners rich. 

Which, by the way, Rich Dad Poor Dad is the book that really helped everything click for me in terms of finding my path to getting into real estate. 

The agent must be rich.

I decided to go ahead and get my RE license to have a better understanding of the business and realize I also need to spend some serious time here on BP learning how to utilize the tools and wealth of knowledge from this great resource rich network.

Having been a vendor at multiple Guru events  from Montalongo to Rich Dad etc..

For once I think rich dad poor dad works for “newer “ Investors in real estate 

-"Set for Life" by Scott Trench-"Lifeonair" by Shaun McCloskey-"The Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey-"The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod-"Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki

After you have listened to the podcasts, read Rich Dad Poor Dad, read Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, read The Richest Man in Babylon, read The Millionaire Next door, in no  particular order, you’ll be ready to buy your first investment property.