Then they come into my unit, and paint over the wet spots on the wall.

It might be a good idea to get your feet wet with long term tenants in the beginning, though.

I then called an electrician and he advised me over the phone that with all the recent rain, it was probably just a GFCI outlet that needed to be reset (it's a button on the outlets in the wet areas of the house). 

I’ve also thought about doing whole sale as well because I think that would be a good first deal to get my feet wet.

I wanted to get my feet wet.

hard to do renovations without running water: wet saws, cement, grout, paint, dirty tools, subcontractors when nature calls, etc...

Congrats on getting your license and now getting your feet wet in the real estate world! 

This would get your feet wet and you could decide if REI is for you.

There's a small pond on the land, but most of the 'wetland' is just due to elevation and it runs in a narrow band diagonally across the nearly square parcel, dipping the most in the center where the pond is, the rest is dry most of the time....just not build-able where zoned wet. 

I know it was unplanned and a  surprise but So is peeling off old shingles and finding rotten wet panels .