The only thing I would add to it is that when you do go to your local REIA meeting, network to find a fellow investor doing the kind of investing your want to focus on.Offer to assist them with anything they may need (finding deals, painting their flips, organization, letter campaign's, etc) in exchange for their mentorship.

Hi,One of our tenants moved  what color should we paint the apartment?

Although to be fair its not like podcasts, products, books, gurus, etc out there paint a clear illustration of what REI failure looks like. 

It needs paint, flooring, minor plumbing, small carpentry jobs, landscaping and hvac work.I plan on renting the home and I'm looking for advice on decorating.

Level 2 River White Granite and Venetian Gold Granite are two other options I'm looking at...The home is a rental property which I'll either move back into or sell in 2-5 years.This is the wall and floor colorThis is the kitchen with the old cabinets..Cabinet uppers and lowers are going in painted white.You can see where he island will go

A simple structure that just needs paint might be ok.

It's in fair shape, and I'm concerned that if I spend the money to rehab it, I may not get my money back out of it.I've also considered painting over everything a white or neutral color and painting the tub.  

Impossible, try couple dozen, plus paintings, plus vices, plus couple tens of thousand in credit card bills.

He has left and we have had it professionally cleaned, replaced carpeting and painted walls and it's better but still smells stale.

You should also include a lead paint disclosure form.