Find a local REIA or investor meet up in your area to learn alongside like minded individuals.

If everything works out,  it's a great feeling to help a friend who needs work they usually give you a better priceyou can work alongside them to learn and save money.  

Buying a mix of both heavy cashflowing midwestern assets alongside your prime location assets means the cash yield from one will offset the negative cashflow from the other and let you hold for a longer period of time to see greater gains. 

They'll graze it down to nothing in no time and you won't have to dump a bunch of chemicals on the property.Not to ignite a debate about the use RoundUp, but while they claim that oh yeah, glyphosate will just break down and wash away, no big deal, there are plenty of studies that show while it might not be found in the soil, it can be taken up alongside essential nutrients by the plants that it doesn't kill and then remain within the food chain for some time.

And I am hopefully going to get a weekend job with an estate agent once lockdown is over alongside my college course.

I would assume that a flood (whether you're insured for it occurring or not) would rank right there alongside the damage caused by a tornado or other natural disaster where the landlord would be responsible for restoring the property.However, I wouldn't think you'd be responsible for any of the tenants belongings they may have had in the basement that would have gotten wet. 

Have you considered investing directly alongside the cash of an experienced buy and hold investor in a cash flow property with equity and cash flow split pro-rata?

I am building my management business alongside my holding business.

We buy property out of state, but during initial work post-closing, we're always there working alongside contractors, making sure everything is running smoothly and on-time.

We need investors that are willing to walk alongside tenants and to demonstrate and encourage positive change/behavior.