eager to learn

[Saular Bakhtiarpour]

Hello I am 17 and I am eager to learn more about real estate. I have read and watched many videos and books about investing and one reoccurring thing I have realized is that most young successful investors had a mentor that help them through their journey. I really want to have a future in real estate. I am going to college for engineering for free and I have around $5000 cash and $30-40k in assets. I want to shadow and learn from someone successful in person. Also once I have the value to offer them where do I go to meet them? I want to start investing as early as possible so I want to start learning from now so that by the time I can afford it I can make smart investments. Thank you