Call a pm company and find out what they charge and what is included- around here 8% is typical, but I have heard of 8% plus 1 month's rent when they get a new tenant, and 10% for other areas.There are loads of books available and lots of suggestions in the blog and forum posts, and of course the forum and blog posts themselves are excellent resources!

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.

There free ebooks, guides, blogs and Podcasts and more to help you get started.

A lot of blogs here and listening to all the podcast I have ruled out flipping and wholesaling.

There are a few blogs on BP about finding good contractors, but they all agree it can be a challenge. 

In that article, I briefly outline the major benefits (commissions, MLS Access, extra buyers, extra leads, and "pocket deals" that are unavailable to the general public) as well as the awarenesses you must possess (agency, disclosure, comparable values, as well as the use of State contracts and not those BS contracts Wholesalers typically use).If you are looking for the Internet's ONLY source of "Realtor® Specific" information with regards to Investing (particularly as it relates to Wholesaling) then you need to check out the blog at TenMinuteSkill and The Red Pill Investor Podcast. 

You can find many of his blog posts here on BP.

If I was you I would check out the blogs that is filled with tons of valuable content and more.

There has been some heated debate in the forums and blogs recently regarding the infamous "$30K pigs."

I'm glad you found those posts to be helpful; there's plenty more where those came from on the BiggerPockets Blog and here on the forums.