I'm a first timer too and worried about this stuff, my husband (plumber/contractor) has told me countless stories about his customers who have been out thousands becuase of inspections that don't uncover the things they should.

I see countless "deals" that are not deals, or even close to being a deal.

After about 30 books and countless hours building a small team and in the field I currently own two triplexes and have closed a few wholesale deals. 

His home in the city was burglarized countless times and also his church.

Online, It Might Cost YouSince inception, we've had a ZERO tolerance policy here on BiggerPockets for shills and have tossed countless dozens of people and companies from the site for shilling.

Evidence supporting the loss of confidence in the dollar are the countless articles that suggest the dollar will lose its status as the reserve currency.

Again, to blanket label rentals as poor or bad investments is just as foolish as the countless people who tell me it is a bad R.E. market and theres no money in R.E.I., it is an misinformed, bias, remark, with countless proof to the contrary.

For example, there's a countless number of investors that get burned when they take the lowest bid.

So far I have felt the blazing heat, high humidity, hungry mosquitos, countless thunderstorms, icy winter, and a few tornado sirens and I still want to live here!  

Already done it twice, as have countless others on these forums.