But best thing you can do is go to your local real estate investment club and start listening / learning.
Just for [censored] and giggles, if anyone wants to know how I got started with this entire Real estate thing, I'd link it to this post:
http://richdad.richglobal.com/Forum/...s&t=217135
This page has some really goldmine posts from people from the past. No BS posts here.
http://richdad.richglobal.com/Forum/...pics&f=155