New to Real Estate, any tips?

[Foster Mefford]

Hi! I am 19 years old and currently attend college. I have recently gained interest in the real estate business and I don't know the best way to go about starting. I guess what I am asking is, for tips from experienced investors. How should I get started? Is it smart to save and gain as much knowledge as possible and once I graduate start finding properties? Anything helps, would love to hear opinions and how you guys or girls went about it.

[Anibal Mijangos]

Highly recommend starting off by reading and consuming as much REI content as possible. From Bigger Pockets, podcasts, and youtubers. Find a branch of real estate investing you'd like to focus on first (i.e. short/long term rentals, wholesaling, flipping, SFR house hack, etc) and get started there. You'd spread yourself too thin trying to go for all of them. Would be a good idea to connect with people in your local community so they can show you the ropes in a more detailed manner. Then by the time you're ready to do something on your own, you'll already be confident enough to do it.