In addition to reading all the great information here, start reaching out to people and making time to meet with the frequent posters here.  

It really is a daily occurrence in the fall and it rains pretty frequently.  

Portfolio loans really are a great tool and I see them work frequently for investors, I just want to make sure you have a decent perspective.  

Check and proactively replace all of the toilet flappers and check flushing mechanism to make sure its flushing efficiently. the flapper(s) could have likely degraded and the bad seal might slowly leak into the bowl and cause a frequent refill of the tank. flappers usually need to be replaced every 5 years anyway since they degrade. toilets have always been a cause for high water usage in one of my condo buildings.

Being that it's a tourist city, Brand Ambassadors frequent the city and theirs always flight crew passing through, I know it will be very busy.

I'm Andrew Geib, currently I'm working as a lean six sigma engineer based in the Aurora/Naperville area. 1) Favorite real estate book: just picked up Rich Dad Poor Dad for the first time2) Favorite non-real estate book: Freakonomics3) Advice for new investors: seeing as I am a new to real estate, get started now rather than later. 4) Hobbies: cars, I autocross my daily driver whenever I can, I'm resorting a classic mustang, and I frequently go to car shows all across Chicagoland. 

@Grant Smith I have been traveling to Dallas very frequently for the past 10 years. 

Being a property manager here in CT, I have noticed that the 1 bedroom units that we manage tend to turn over more frequently than units with more bedrooms.

I went to a meetup recently where the presenter, lets call him guru, was talking about how he has a team in place in Detroit and flys out there frequently to make sure everyone is doing their job.  

We tell new people all the time to try to hook-up with more experienced folks, and learn from them, and so it's strange to me to hear that frequent posters would also lack the common business courtesy of a response, even if just to say no thanks.