Investing in Real Estate

I've decided to invest more in my future...no social security to depend on at all!

However....where does one begin? Sooo many books and programs out there.
Carlton Sheets, Robert Kyosaki [Rich Dad Poor Dad]...etc etc.

I've already gone to the library and gotten Kyosaki's CDs there...not necessarily a real estate set per ce...but it does insist on the necessity of 'having one's own'. Sorta puts me in the mind of Billie Holiday...."God bless the child that has his own"! LOL