My goals are to figure out how to take the headache out of managing and to also get my feet wet enough in flipping to see if that is the better avenue for my real estate investing.

Some of it is seeping through the block (which is porous) and getting the basement wet, and the rest is just creating static pressure against the exterior foundation wall and causing it to bow and crack.The key is to get the water away from the foundation wall and keep it out of the basement.

I'm hoping to close on a buy and hold rental this summer to get my feet wet and see what happens.

If the property is in a wet location, you risk foundation damage by not routing the water properly.

Like many commercial REI, I got my feet wet in residential multi-families.

This forum is a great way to get your feet wet.

If so, then I suggest you perform a forum search for wet basement or damp basement, since there are a number of discussions of those topics that might give you further insight.

I would like to get my feet wet when I am ready with buying a SFR or MFR and staying at my current residence.

I recently started here in Fort Wayne not to long ago and I am wet behind the ears but I HIGHLY advise talking to Chris Luithly!

Well during the installation (We had a very WET winter with the snow fall in the winter and rain fall in the spring) the ground water was a lot higher than the engineer expected.