If your not thinking the rental route, I have to say I personally received an excellent education buying and flipping my first property, did 80% of the work myself, watching youtube videos to learn how to tile along the way, etc.

I watched a video where the person doing a rental analysis said that it was only important for commercial properties.

here is a short video of the stairway.

I have no experience in real estate investing. when ever I have free time I'm always watching videos on YouTube or listening to different podcast on multifamily investing. 

I've read 4 real estate books, watched the BP free course videos, listened daily to the BP podcast, etc.  

To answer your questions above I can say I use 8% for vacancy (and tweak up or down based on area), I do pay for Prop Mgmt and yes I save for CapEx (and maintenance for that matter)I have built a BRRR calculator that you can find in my files here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/peeklayI also did a video showing how to use it with a real world wholesale deal that I analyzed. you can find more info in my post here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/219427-brrrr-calculator-analyzer

All on video and two receipts stating nothing was found from both inspections.

I am already "knee deep" in the podcasts and YT videos.  

Brandon (from BP) of course has great videos on Percentage Rules as well as Youtube (by the experts only) on cap rates.

I am relatively new to real estate investing have just been reading books and watching videos.