It probably soaked into the studs behind the Sheetrock.  

It will feed your drive to learn and soak up information.

I am an avid learner and have been soaking up as much information as possible.

Do a $20 repair and they split $130 for 10 minutes work while they soak the naive landlord.Once they find out that you're a weak landlord, what will be next?

I'm looking for a great Property Management company (this is my biggest concern right now), a good Title company, and when I finally relocate (about 2 weeks from now), I'll start contacting potential RE agents and start networking at the local REIA groups.I've been studying REI for about a year now (and have been lurking here much of that time), have some great advisers who are successful RE investors, and am still soaking up every bit of knowledge I possibly can.I'm documenting my day-to-day progress on my blog, so anyone that wants more details, feel free to go there (link is in my original post).

Every decision and initiative by the sponsor team should be rooted in preserving investor capital.The five capital preservation pillars used in real estate syndication deals include:Raise money to cover capital expenditures upfrontPurchase cash-flowing propertiesStress test every investmentHave multiple exit strategies in placePut together an experienced team that values capital preservationWhen browsing for your next real estate syndication investment, go ahead and soak in the pretty pictures, daydream about the projected returns, and imagine how smoothly that business plan might go.

Important thing is to bring your work ethic and soak up as much as possible. 

I just been listening to the podcasts, reading the beginners guide, and randomly reading a bunch of fourm posts trying to soak as much info as I can.

If your tenant keeps the place very clean then that is a good sign they take care of themselves and where they sleep and the things they own etc.With the carpet you can have a plastic cover between the carpet and the pad to prevent soak through.I listed a property once when I first started out that had over 50 cats most feral.

need to aware imbedded cat urine can soak thru kilz if you dont dry up the substrates.