@Kevin Paul Welcome to the BP community-be sure to check out the great blogs under "Learn."

This directory is intended to both help our users find the best hard money lender for their needs and to help lenders promote themselves amongst our vast user-base of 60,000+ members and close to 200,000 monthly unique visitors.I put together a blog post detailing the benefits for both investors and lenders in the article: Announcing the BiggerPockets Hard Money Lenders DirectoryPlease check out the article, and the directory.Investors: Please let those hard money lenders that you work with know about the new directory.Hard Money Lenders: For a limited time, we will be offering a position on the directory for the discounted price of only $50/month.

You will find resources here from blogs to pod casts and forums.

Currently, all I have been doing is gathering knowledge and trying to acquire my first property.So to the point of this post, I have read blogs like this one, posted by @Matt Fairclothhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/08/29...And this one by @Sharon Vornholthttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/21...Both of which talk about items that a Landlord and real estate business should have to look and act professional, which in turn could help you avoid tenant conflicts by appearing bigger than you are, thus them not testing you.My dilemma is at what point should I, a hopefully soon to be first time landlord, start looking at acquiring these items or anything else you think I should have?

The settling of the house that exceeds the 1" drop within 20', which will require leveling and repairs with piers.There's a great blog post on foundation repairs...Foundation Repair Basics and MisconceptionsIf you are really concerned about the foundation, just have a reputable foundation repair company do a free evaluation on it.As for the drywall, it could be due to settling, but it could also be either a bad drywall job or poor framing. 

I have been having a lot of success writing and revising blog posts for a few different blogs that I write on.

I looked at a bunch of blogs and read a few different books thanks for the welcome =)

There is a useful blog I've been semi-following Congress Heights on the Rise ( https://www.congressheightsontherise.com/index ) and she has a real estate section.

See this blog post for more details - https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/05/1...

Check out this Blog Post on The 2% Rule for some more information.