BiggerPockets is a guru at what it does for BiggerPockets and it's free to chat and explore new ideas and relationships.  10K is a drop in the bucket if you have the desire and will to make that turn into 500k, so don't get twisted as passive income you will not work for and make mistakes.People charge 10k for single-family wholesaling I have looked at many programs as I didn't know where to start and think of the mistake I would have made if I bought the wholesaling program. 

This is an all-too-common mistake: a rental sits vacant, less-than-desirable tenants are approved, and then those tenants don't pay and cause issues.You have to rip the bandaid off and ask them to leave.This may sound harsh, but it's not entirely the tenant's fault.

We've made mistakes as well.

@Ashish Wa you always end up getting exactly what you paid for.You should only go cheap when YOU know exactly what you are doing.Newbies trying to save pennies, almost always cost themselves dollars via their mistakes.

@Shaun BeckRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

My fiancé did make a few mistakes as a young man but he has more than paid for them.

Are you going to learn all the state and local ordinances to protect yourself from legal mistakes? 

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

I'm 20 and this'll be my 1st buy and hold so don't want to make any rookie mistakes.

IMHO it's a mistake to plan on a very specific market and tenant profile.