@Stewart J berry tenants may not regularly seal granite, wipe up dark liquids fast enough or use trivets and cutting boards — think raw chicken soaking into your counters — so we’re fine with laminate countertops, hygienic and cheaper to repair/replace if damage occurs.

I think I will continue to soak up his free info on YouTube then go from there. 

Currently soaking in all things BP in hopes of learning enough to be an asset to any deal. 

I want to be able to follow and shadow him and Soak in all the rehab knowledge and I want him to feel like it isnt all 1 sided by giving him a piece of the reward especially with so many benefits to the work being done if he is involved deeper in it.

Get ready to be a sponge on here and soak up all the knowledge.

With all of the great info here on BP, YouTube and reading RE investing books I have soaked in a lot of info.

Yes, you can start - just soak up info and take it pretty conservative to start. 

I'm currently reading "The book on rental property investing" I am  really looking into soaking in as  much information as I can.Thank you !!

Hello, I think it’s really awesome that you’re just now beginning and you are already coming to the forums to learn so the first thing you need to do is to continue to stay on the forms and you also need to be reading all of the bigger pocketbook and start listening to their podcast to soak up as much knowledge as you can and as long as you do that, you will have all the knowledge you need to start and regarding your question I do not advise to buy a single-family house just to live in it without a rental property aspect so it’s OK if you want to live in the house as well but you will have to either get a multifamily property or you could also buy a single-family home and rent out the other rooms  now see when you have a property that you use just for your family then you have to pay the mortgage every month which is building your equity, but that responsibility is solely on you whereas if it has some sort of rental property aspect, there will be other people helping you build that equity if you were to buy a property just for yourself that is something that will be taking money out of your pocket every month while as a rental property if you buy right will be putting money in your pocket every month the only exception to what I just said is if you buy a property for yourself or just for your family to live in, you could do a live-in flip to where as you’re living in the property you rehab it while your living there and if you buy right with enough knowledge, then when you turn around to sell the property, you will make profit

You will learn a great bit of information from different forums here on BP, so try to be soak it all in.