I'm brand new to both the site and the concept of Real Estate Investing, so apologies if this is awkward in any way, but I wanted a little starting out advice for my specific situation, and everyone seems really nice and helpful on the forums, so I thought I'd give it a shot!

Just document every cent spent and be prepared to have that awkward conversation with the tenant. 

It may be awkward and they may think it was a strange encounter but you’ll be better off next time.Networking is a skill that can be developed like any other.

And yes it’s awkward at family gatherings but it’s even odder to go to small claims court.

It was an awkward situation where he had an agent but hadn't actually seen the house (the agent had done a preview of the house).

Anyways, placing it for rent before we were ready did make the process feel very awkward for me and what your saying makes simple sense.

Also, the interface is very awkward, and seems to date back to the '80's in terms of design.  

I honestly felt a little awkward with the foreclosure deals, my concience is clear these days.

Had no other enumeration or definition of the powers of the Congress been found in the Constitution, than the general expressions just cited, the authors of the objection might have had some color for it; though it would have been difficult to find a reason for so awkward a form of describing an authority to legislate in all possible cases.

He once had an awkward moment, just to see what it was like.Nothing tastes like chicken to him, not even chicken.He can speak fluent French, in Russian.