It sometimes seems like I am getting soaked on these cosmetic issues. 

I'd occasionally find the area near the laundry floor drain soaked.

I am trying to soak in as much knowledge as possible to be ready to purchase my first property, so If you have any advice or knowledge you can give to me that would be very much appreciated!

I'm not in your area, but I'm also a newbie (and just 24 so close in age) to all this just trying to prepare and soak in all the knowledge I can!

I think i might have actually used one of your spreadsheets to practice running the numbers.Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, i will keep digging around BP to soak up all i can! 

Soak up as much info as you can here on the forums, listen to the podcasts, blogs, etc.

We decided to go into business together and he seeded our REI company with the proceeds from the refi.Now onto this deal.

I came home from work to water flooding down the wall and everything soaked in the bedroom and bathroom, and wet in the rest of the house. 

I've been interested in real estate for the last 6 months and have been soaking up as much information as I could find through reading, watching videos, or podcasts.

Paying with cash is an option, but we're in NYC--finding a local opportunity we can afford is like finding a sesame seed in a haystack.