New to the game, looking to start fixing and flipping

[Shawn Riley]

Im 22 years old and already sick of the 9-5 grind. I want to get into flipping houses and eventually build a long term rental portfolio that will earn me enough to live on. Ive done lots of research, read the books, listened to nearly all of the podcasts and all I need to do now is get my first deal.  

Im in the Annapolis area. Any advice for this area would be great. Im also open to shadowing somebody who would be willing to mentor me or even work as a partner.

Once again any advice or tips that will get me to the next step will be very much appreciated. TIA