Listen to the podcasts, soak up all the info, and ask when you have questions.

Like I mentioned, we had renovated certain properties soaking $10-17k into the 2 bdrms to get them where we wanted them to be better than our competition and not have disrespectful people in the properties. 

Learn to be a sponge and soak up all the knowledge from the people that are already doing it.

I have no experience in real estate investing but over the last week have been soaking up as much info as I can (podcasts, books, blogs, etc).

I would suggest soaking up as much knowledge as you can and maybe checking out some local RE meetups in your area to network and possibly find a mentor.

Others see the long term benefits of student housing or long term rentals that there is a strong demand for and continue to appreciate.I would just soak up some education and see what fits in your wheelhouse of understanding how they work (STR, LTR, flipping, notes, PML or whatever!)

I come back after work every day and just soak it all in lol@Vic Reddy starting out, I want to self-manage and as I start to expand and systematize my business, I would look to use PMs.

Full disclosure: I/we are new to real estate investing, and are soaking up all the BP knowledge that we can.

I have been soaking up as much information as I can about real estate investing for a little over a year now and feel as though I have a decent foundation but there is always so much more to learn!

The water goes through the tile and grout and should hit a barrier of some type (redgard, kerdiboard, hydroban etc) when it dosent because there is nothing but green board there (illegal to put in showers now) well the green board soaks up water and never dries out.