As aforementioned; its crucial you understand the advice you are absorbing.

@Henry Clark has a wealth of knowledge and experience and I would absorb what he has posted.

All the while family isn't helping even when they can and the tenant isn't helping themselves because they still buy smokes/weed but hey the landlord should absorb that cost?  

(They are all selling in the $260-285k range).I'm sitting here trying to learn and absorb everything, and working on the rehab budget. 

Whether it's recommended books, online courses, local meetups, or mentorship opportunities, I'm ready to absorb as much knowledge as possible.If anyone in the Dallas area (or beyond) is interested in connecting, discussing potential partnerships, or simply sharing their experiences, I would be thrilled to hear from you.

As well as new construction in those areas is a fraction of what you have in other parts of the country so the older exiting houses are finally getting absorbed.

I think many people move towards guru's and 'absorbing information' because it makes them feel like they are move closer to their goal.

Sure, the pad absorbs much of it, but some still gets spread throughout.

It would help if you could participate with someone else while gaining knowledge, what I mean is, its better to be applying or thinking about applying the knowledge as you learn it rather than just absorb a bunch of knowledge but not go through the difficult part of applying it to the real world.One thing you can do is look at strategies you would like to do.

I just sold a MTR to an investor in the DFW area and we were able to find something that was priced well enough to absorb some rehab, still be an ARV that would allow him to exit in about a year if needed and house hack in the mean time if the MTR does not produce well enough.