Slial
Hi Scott, I am in the exact same place as you in terms of starting out around here and beginning my head-first journey down the rabbit hole of classic Italian bikes. It's nice to such find like-minded folk!

I too am in the process of looking for my first bike and am trying to absorb as much information as possible along the way. Here's my secret trick - when I find see something that catches my eye on my local CL or FB Marketplace, I search the bike on google, immediately followed by the word 'bikeforums' and I am almost always able to glean the info I need from here. It is actually remarkable the breadth of knowledge that is around these parts (thank you everyone).

Re: posting pictures, a few days ago I finally decided to create my an account (after admittedly using the forums for years) and I wanted to post an ad in the marketplace section here seeking a pre 1987 italian made bike with high end columbus tubing. Although it looks like you're at about 8 posts already, but what I did was a paid member subscription (it was super cheap!) and it allowed me to post pictures straight away.

Best of luck!
Dan