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

That fact alone rules out Florida.The biggest mistake we see investors make is blindly investing and not understanding what is going on with their properties.

That is a good point, and when I think of what makes me feel more confident in my first flip, it always has to do with mistakes around the rehab (cost miscalculated and time lines)  

The reason I'm asking is because I made so many mistakes on my first property and I made them because I didn't ask enough questions.

My jaw dropped to the floor.LO at a big bank researched this extensively but concluded that this was not a mistake.

Buying properties in such locations is a fatal mistake.

Mistakes that cost a lot of money can happen when you're feeling emotional.

We made the mistake of thinking the person who charged less was the better option, however in the long run we spent more.

Thank god she was able to identify the problem before it was an expensive mistake.

It was very childish and unfair of me to “sneak” out in a way "This to me was the biggest aspect I was concerned with handling wrong, so I feel somewhat relieved that I can begin taking things into my own hands and get this property cleaned up and back on the market.I really wish there was something I could look back on and know that I made I mistake on in renting to her, but overall I could not find this mistake in the background, credit, references etc.