I do keep a pair of flip flops, and bed room slippers in my truck.

If you want to pair up with another newbie and discuss what we are learning, over the phone or at Starbucks, maybe that can help us get up to speed faster.

Best methods I've found to do that is to use an awl and place it through the staple and pry up (but often the crown will shear) and/or a good pair of vice grips with a radius upper jaw... clamp onto the staple and roll back onto the radius jaw.  

My real estate investment game plan is to purchase a single family home in the Riverside/ San Bernardino area with as little leverage as possible; I've come to the conclusion that low leverage pairs beautifully with my inexperience.  

Looking for any wholesalers interested in pairing up with a seasoned real estate agent in the upstate area of SC (Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg)?

Pair your money with hard money.

I think you want to pair it with a classic management text (like Leigh Robinson's Landlording) as it is abit light there.

Pair that with a spreadsheet listing features like condition, bedroom count, bathroom count, etc. 

Mentioned above but those units can be very high maintenance rentals with lots of turnover.Student rentals can be paired very well in some buildings with short term summer rentals if the building is picked properly.

As we renovated units, we simply put a stackable HE laundry pair in each and did away with the common laundry room.