I'm considering buying and flipping houses or just renting them out, however there's just so much to learn and I'm afraid to take the next step prematurely. 

I'm really excited to get started, but I don't want to get into something prematurely over my enthusiasm, so I'm taking my time to make sure I know how all the finances and rules work.

As far as the damage is concerned, it's not so much that it's dirty and the fins are bent (which personally would drive me nuts if it were my" new" AC unit), but if the unit were to fail prematurely or require service, no matter what or when, it will be your fault.

@Conway Churaman Like others have pointed it might be premature to stop working before you have more concrete plan than you want to do something in RE.

The move now  sounds premature.

But BP suggest starting with a book that includes task and learning that seeming are premature.

@Joe Splitrock sorry my 4 year old tapped my screen while i was writing my previous response and prematurely posted it.

I know you want to jump-start your real estate investments but it's way too premature at the moment. 

Used to be 6 month penalty for pre mature withdrawl.   

The lawsuit is premature unless you have appraisal/comps.