Face in palm moments?

[Joe M.]

Hello everyone.

I'm in the process of closing on my first two investment properties. My plan is to rent both of these out once I've fixed them up a bit. They are both single family homes.

My question as a newbie investor is to (hopefully) learn from some others mistakes from when they were first starting out. With that in mind what are some of the "mistakes" i.e. face in palm moments you've had early on in your real estate investing career. What would you have done differently? How about some of those "can't believe I put up with" situations? Time to fess up and get it off your chest! :D

Thanks in advance guys, I've really been learning a lot here since I found this forum.

Joe