I would second much of the specific advice given and would just generally add that getting a book or two on landlording (or creating your own reading list by browsing many of the blogs, forums and podcasts on BP) might be a good introductory education on landlording. 

Hi everyone, I just joined and wanted to say how amazing this community is; anyone can see that, even from browsing the discussions.As of now I have not ventured into the investment side of real estate, mostly because of a lack of capital to get started, but will be checking out all the tips and tricks to get that foot in the door.

Zillow is great - but check out the MLS - lots of realty sites let you browse the MLS at no charge and no realtor.

I have browsed through hundreds of properties and run the numbers on dozens.

Have attended a courthouse auction and been browsing hubzu, auction.com, etc, but don't know where to start.

If all goes as planned I hope to begin investing in February (after the wedding); until then I'll be building contacts, browsing the MLS, and doing calculations on properties i find.A bit about myself; my father raised me to be independent and do manual labor myself and now because of him, I do many of the home repairs myself and like to believe I'm fully capable of being my own property manager (currently own a home i purchased thinking i could grow into).

One thing just led to another:I was looking for motivation /direction /mentoring in real estateI reconnected with a college buddy and DC area Realtor, @Aaron Cavazos, on FacebookHe recommended the BP communityI browsed through the podcasts and attended the "90-day challenge" webinar back in September '17We closed on my house hack property in January' 18.There is another 90-day challenge webinar coming up this Wednesday, I believe...

When that page opens there will be a tab to browse Forums.

BP will sort the results by Categories, so it will be relatively painful to browse through them. 

Ill be browsing around all the free knowledge on here as well