Tips for 17 year old that wants to start investing.

[Abdulmatin Sanni]

Hello, I’m new to the bigger pockets forum and would like tips, book recommendations, videos, website and places that i can take in as much information as i plan to start investing after i turn 18 later this year. I am also looking to shadow a real estate investor in the Baltimore area during the summer, tips to help me find one would be greatly appreciated 

[Jewel B.]

Learn financial literacy and personal finance principles (one great book is I Will Teach You to Be Rich), educate and invest in yourself (BP has tons of great books to read, I also recommend listening to all of the Real Estate Rookie podcasts for the past year, if you have other career aspirations w/ real estate on the side, be sure to do well in school, apply to community college, and do your gen eds, or go to trade school, whatever the case may be), get a job and income (you might look into something real estate / construction related to network), open a secured credit card when you hit 18 to start building personal credit, go to local meetups / networking events for real estate, learn to analyze markets and deals, learn about creative financing and partnerships, and then, strike!

Some other great books include The 4-Hour Workweek, Atomic Habits, and Rich Dad, Poor Dad. If you're not a big physical book reader, try audiobooks or ebooks.