Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookYou might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

I feel like this is a unique product for the area and if people are truly interested they are going to make an offer regardless if its 10,000 cheaper.....looking forward to hearing your feedback....BTW, I've been following your new construction project on twoplustwo and have really enjoyed it - keep up the good work :)

What I did was picked the 10 that jumped out at me to start with, just go with your gut and then subscribe so you always have one new podcast plus the historical ones.I have found that listening to some podcasts just because I liked the title even if they weren't in my niche were helpful, sometimes you need to get out of your box to see things more clearly.Tamara

The idea is to identify  motivated sellers (foreclosure, tired landlords, probate etc) preferably from off market source (direct mailing, networking, ads).Different markets have different challenges/opportunitiesYou may be ideally based exactly where you are to explore such niches

.- I want to dabble in whatever niches I can; flipping, buying to hold, both sides of whole-selling, etc.How are you going to do all of this while working full time?

If you still are a California resident, you may want to consider using a tax preparer who is familiar with California and its excentricities (and obviously someone who is strong with real estate and its unique tax issues) rather than someone located where your investments are.

I look forward to the book it looks awesomeAnother essential piece to recession proof investing is recession proof financing We all must remeber its not just the deals that went down it was banks, traditional lenders, and small banks too.The new recession proof financing is the alternative lender space because they are not positioned as a bank and can react quicker with unique terms not found in the traditional world

That storm was unique in many ways.  

I can build a relationship with the listing agent to get pocket deals by letting him know that the profit margins are not appealing and dangle incentive carrots for him to do better.I get my feet wet in numbers for that niche marketI can continue to build a great relationship with my builders by showing them initiative because they are who I aspire to beGrow my network of buyers because they know other builders in thier category and betterWhen I have receive off market deals, they will know I'm definitely an asset because I save them even more.What do you think? 

I get it if the specific property or required deal structure has unique characteristics that require extra time, resources, or unique experience/knowledge.