Turntable noobie...what advice do you have?

Don't be anal about it.  Get a good record brush so you can clean off the worst of it before dropping the stylus.  Buy used.  Dump the stuff you don't particularly like. Enjoy listening to the music; if you like listening to the gear more than listening to the music, you're headed the wrong direction.  Have fun and don't get too serious about it.

Congrats on waking-up from the digital slumber.  Its important to make sure your turntable is setup properly as, at least for me, that makes the difference between you loving your vinyl or hating it. Invest in a decent phono cartridge.  After being vacated from the analog world for close to 30 years, I found within a few months  upgrading from the stock cartridge that came with my first turntable made a HUGE difference in the sound and my overall enjoyment of listening to vinyl.  And you don't have to spend a lot on a cartridge to enjoy the LPs you're listening to.  My first upgrade was from an AT95 to an Ortofon Blue (which was around $170 at the time) and that was a significant amount of money to me for "just a needle" but I was hearing things on my LPs that I wasn't hearing with the AT95.  Also, when the time comes, a good phono pre-amp makes a big difference.  Its taken me several years to get my rig to where I want it to be and now I am enjoying my vinyl more than ever in my old age.  Be patient and take your time with making adjustments and adding equipment to your system.  Listening to vinyl is a marathon and certainly not a sprint.

Something I don't think anybody mentioned, is that you need a solid place to put it, or it will fly off the rails if you look at it the wrong way.  Hopefully you can just stick it where you plan to put it and all will be well, but be prepared just in case.  One trick I always suggest is to put half a glass of water in the spot where you plan to set up the TT and walk around.  If the water is still, you're ok.  If it wobbles significantly, you're going to have issues.  But try the water test just to see what's what.  It can be upsetting to get a new TT, set it up and have it skip every time you move.  Hopefully it will be fine.  

All great advice from the local Portland crowd.  Crossroads Records is a treasure trove if you have hours to spend browsing.  And to protect that stylus,   I maintain a strict 2 beer limit when playing records! LoL No easier way to eff up a stylus or record than an unsteady arm. 

In a pinch a fine Oregon Pinot can be used as a stylus cleaner… just kidding…

enjoy your new vinyl :-) I find some real gems on Discogs and bin diving my local record stores …

I ran a aerospace grade clean rooms and have been thru a few record pressing plants, maybe somebody can explain where all the junk in my Degritter tank and filter is coming from ??? Of course a simple black light will show you just how dirty those new records are….

A nitty gritty, spin clean or VPI is a fine place to start :-)