Unless you're going to go with a hard surface of some kind, any carpet will show wear and tear unless you are ready to either spend some $$ on a great, quality carpet (a Triexta fiber carpet for instance) that has superior stain resistance qualities (not stain proof), or go with the nasty, cheap sculpted carpet that you see in low end rentals all day long.

I know this seems kind of backwards as I just said I want to devote as much time as I can to getting this, but I don't sleep much and I get a lot done in the 1 am-4 am time (I don't think there's many investors willing to give up those hours for me!).

Kind of a funny story about my first investment property in 2010, a triplex REO in Spokane, WA.

I have been reading BP and getting great info but I wanted to know in a more expensive market like Vancouver and its tri cities if its possible to flip apartments/townhouses to start creating more capital and than move on to houses.my other thought was looking at towns that are about 30min to an hour away and the price of property there is usually half of what it is in Vancouver.I am a pretty hands on kinds of guy and have done a lot of the finishings(painting, trimming, fixtures) all the way to dry walling and basic plumping and electrical work.

What kind of investing are you getting into?

Got a third call this morning and is the kind of tenent that I expect.

What kind of resources do you have available?

Then when the time comes I have money for down payments and mortgage payments.From what I have been seeing is instead of banking up that 200-300k taking about 5 years to get there, I can just soak up a bunch of knowledge and experience for a year or two and get money from the bank and rent out houses and flip them, which would save me from working my but off in sales just for that 60-100k job.I currently have 0 debt and about 2 years of credit history, 750 credit score, and 5k saved up at the moment, I had to pay for 2 years of college that sort of took most of the money I have been making.I have been reading articles online and such but my question is, what kind of books/podcasts should I be reading or listending to in order to broaden my horizon on REI and renting out RE?

What kind of strategies have you been using?

This is my kind of community.