You said "share one tip" and well, sorry.

1. First year cuttings: Knock all or all-but-one of the figs off. Figs aren't great until the tree gets older and anyway, first year fruits generally are a bad frame of reference for a mature tree's product. During this period, I allow only one fruit to ripen just to see if what I purchased resembles what I received. The first year or so is when you should worry about growing the size of the tree, which will give you larger harvests in the following years.

2. Building on the advice to not spend a ton of money until your rooting technique is good, just know that sometimes fig cuttings just die. Sometimes it’s the plant material and sometimes your techniques are at fault. It happens. Keep in mind though -

3. - there is no one correct way to root figs. I've had tremendous success with 100% moist perlite in punctured solo cups, and yet other people maintain that 100% perlite is horrible for them. Either way, figs root at their own rate. Just make sure they're properly watered, fertilized, and are out of danger of things like mold or fungus gnat infestations. The subject of good rooting practices is tremendous and can’t be accounted for here.

4. So when it comes to advice on the internet...

Story time: I once read a post on some other forum where the OP was experiencing algae growth on perlite in a container. The first response was from someone who told the OP to boil the perlite. lol.

There's a lot of correlation vs causation claims, confirmation bias, and just flat out untruths floating around. Hobbyist or not, sharing our experiences is great even if our findings aren't scientific but I think after a certain point, the more experienced you get, the easier it is to spot when people are just making stuff up just to write something down. I guess, just remind yourself that this is still the internet and skepticism along with discerning research can save you a lot of frustration and money. I don't mean to be contentious about this but the take-away should be to get a second opinion. 

5. Having said that, lol, in my hobbyist experience, unfertilized figs in containers have been bland and a major waste of the tree's energy. Since all of my trees are in pots, I have my figs on a slow-release fertilizer regimen. I use veg&fruit fertilizers with micros, important among them are magnesium and boron. (I mention those two because I've seen fertilizers that exclude them. I'm not sure whether they're required for figs but I've noticed no adverse effects.)

6. Um... sometimes Violette de Bordeaux has droopy leaves mid-day in my brutally hot summer climate. There’s another thread on F4F in which a few other people have noticed this about VdB. Not 100% sure what this means - whether it’s a quirk or if we’re all doing the same wrong thing to this variety. However, the leaves are just fine by sunset or if VdB has had partial shade throughout the afternoon.

7. For the love of all that is good, wait until your fig ripens before you pick it. Figs should be soft and supple. When you pull the fig from the branch, no sap should seep out from the break. 

8. If you get a long cutting with about 5+ nodes, cut it in half and make two perfectly rootable cuttings. You should divide the branch in half at the point where both ends will receive the maximum amount of nodes. You should make the actual cut just immediately above what will turn into the first node of the bottom-half’s cutting.

9. If you see a too-good-to-be-true deal on ebay, use the F4F search function for the seller's username. Peony77 will definitely come up. Also, don't be afraid to create a new topic and ask. Be careful about condemning people from the start because you never know what's going on - honest mistakes get made all the time. Still, truth-seeking is important. These forums are used for monetary transactions and people share their home addresses. It's imperative that we all at least try to keep one another safe.

10. Keep your receipts and PMs when purchasing/trading. If you're gonna start selling Galicia Negras and whatever and I'm the purchaser, I'd really like you to be able to provide a source. I definitely wouldn't ask to see how much you paid for it but if you got something from Herman, drivewayfarmer, or Bass, let me know that. That's gonna be good for the both of us because you'll get your sale and I'll get my fig. 

11. "Longue d'Aout" is pronounced "Lung dee-you"
"Ischia" is pronounced "Ee-skee-ah"
"Brogiotto" is pronounced "Bro-joe-toe" (Roll the R)
"Hative de Argenteuil" - "Ah-teeve - day - Ahr-jun-tie-uh" (The “jen” is almost pronounced like the J in “just” combined with the “sh” sound in “shush”)
"Hollier" - “Uhll-yey”
"Filacciano" = “Feel-ah-cha-no” (Cha like “charred”, not cha like “change” or “Jackie Chan”)

Night everybody.