Hi, I’m new to rental property investing and I have read many books, blogs, and listened to countless podcast.

Floods are just one of the countless risks.Floodplains are not a hard stop for me, but it's definitely something to put into your risk and cost analysis considerations.

Do they want to help me analyze ARV or run countless comps just so I can squeeze out as low a purchase price as possible?

I agree with your first point as I have spent countless hours (in the evening after my day job) studying our market, looking up properties, visiting them, analyzing them, getting my finances in place, etc.

Ideally I'd like to pull off buying a multiplex and living in one of the units for a year.I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, especially because I've heard countless times that DC is not a good market, especially for a beginner.

I’ve been all over the Bigger Pockets website, from the forums to signing up for Webinars (really excited to see what tomorrow’s has in store), and I have already downloaded countless episodes of the podcast that I can’t wait to listen to at work.

I spent countless hours watching their webinars, reading their books/forums and mastering their calculator tools.

This is the most lucurative, but its not really for home gamers or mom & pop investors. 

Hello all,I'm a beginner in the real estate investment world (Houston TX) and I'm at a road block with the countless amount of information or (misinformation) for a lack of a better word; on wholesaling.

After listening to countless podcasts, reading tons of books, and spending ~1 month analyzing deals, I feel like I'm ready to make my first move.