I just finished reading 'Crushing it in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate" and would recommend it; easy read and author was on the BP podcast (EP 126)If you want to go off on all kinds of tangents, 'Tribe of Mentors' by Tim Ferris has interviews with hundreds of leaders, most  of whom recommend their 3 most transformational reads. 

Also, I am in the kitchen cabinet business and we have used this product from Home Depot: Rustoleum Cabinet transformation kit.

I hate to say this in this forum and keep it to RE and never mention politics but see the trend that is before us, unfortunately, this pandemic has given the (D)'s a perfect opportunity to push their agenda to transform the country. 

I feel some tenants are taking unfair advantage of the pandemic and others are genuinely struggling.

New roof and siding as well as stone veneer transformed the exterior.

Total transformation.

This reply was very helpful, I genuinely appreciate it!

I am genuinely curious what you wish newbies would stop asking or what you wish they already knew when jumping into the game?

It's great to hear that real estate investing has been so transformative for you. 

I transform digital bits, binary 0's and 1's into stone cold cash.What better way to become wealthy if you can turn  electrons streaming through wires into cash?!