I love the 8! It's a wonderful airplane to fly and superbly fun to land. I'm a noob compared to the experts here in the 8, but as a noob, I will share some lessons I've learned over the past 7 months in my RV-8 that might be helpful for what you are looking to learn about.
1) Get great quality RV-8 transition training. I highly recommend at least two days of flying / at least 3 hours of stick time with Bruce Bohannon in Angleton TX (South Houston) in his dual control RV-8.
2) Bruce will advocate for, and teach, 3 point landings to begin with. He'll recommend wheel landings for gusty days when wheel landings will have advantage. You'll train in and master both. If you get his verbal assurance you are "ready" to solo an RV-8, you'll know how to land the 8 in a three-point attitude and a wheel landing attitude... and it WILL have clicked for you.
3) I recommend booking Bruce earlier than you think you'll need him. Then when you are in the purchase process, maybe book a refresher if it's been more than a few months (or even if it has not been more than a few months). It's money extremely well spent.
4) I have my favorite types of landings and flap settings for weather and weights - and to be honest, it's not helpful in this format to say what those are. Go back to items 1-3 on technique (what you learn in the aircraft).
5) When you start flying your RV-8, you'll absolutely LOVE it. And, be aware that each RV-8 is a "custom" aircraft and there will be subtle differences in each in so far as subtleties go. Everyone has an opinion on how to land. They are probably mostly all right (in their aircraft), in the CG /weight / density altitude they are most used to and comfortable flying in. Some 8's will burble and shake in the 3 point attitude just before touch down, while some will be baby smooth and will 3 point or wheel land with zero drama. I think easier 3 point landings are a combo of CG, weight and flap setting. When you get used to the ways and means of your particular 8 you'll be able to do either a 3 point or a wheel landing nearly as well - and find both techniques will have their days where one tool or the other works best for that day. Bruce calls the "burble" that some 8's demonstrate close to a 3 point landing attitude just above the runway "the 8 monster" - and, says the growl is worse than the bite if one is consistent in techniques. My RV-8 does not do this "burble" thing but Bruce's does. Some of this is said to be due to the gear root fairings, prop, cowl, and a combination of anything else. Don't get too wrapped around this sort of thing - just fly the plane the way it needs to be flown... with consistency. Consistently helps ensure safety.
6) I will say a trap some may flirt with is getting checked out and then slowly getting over confident and forgetting what was learned in transition training. This "might" apply to guys like me, high performance fast and large jet guys who mostly fly that type of plane and the 8 less often. The RV-8 flies so marvelously well that she'll tell you that you are great every time you fly her. But... I'm trying not to lose that disciplined consistency as time goes by, between the checkout and the next adventure. It's a very simple plane to fly, but if we are flying that high performance jet more often than the 8, it can be easy to forget this is a very light weight plane that does not mate well to fast jet handling on or near the runway. When it all comes down to it, it's all about going from 80 knots to zero knots, prop stopped, without anything weird happening. When (not if) anything weird happens, it's not really time to analyze it in the first 100 hours of RV-8 time during a "save". I just say it's just time to go around and play it safe. Problem solved before it's a problem.
7) Knowing when and how to go around effectively, and do it right the next time without letting other types of flying slip into the bag of RV-8 tricks, is what it's all about in the #6 above situation. She's delightfully easy to fly unless you try to fly her like something else that she's not, when you get to the runway environment. My first 25 hours of RV-8 time featured over 100 landings and I consider myself still on "high minimums" when it comes to gusty winds, weather or fatigue. My first year or 100 hours, whatever comes last, is a time where I'm still deliberately cautious. There is a question in my mind about perhaps booking a refresher flight with Bruce every couple years. If not possible, perhaps flying with a high experience RV pilot every couple years to keep me honest.
All this above to say in effect: This is a great plane to fly! She's a true delight. There are plenty of ways to get checked out too. I try to keep myself honest and remember the 8 is a wonderful plane that's easy to fly but she's different than my "day job" airplane. That's why I probably place more emphasis on this part than most would need to worry about. She's a blast, I highly recommend the type to anyone