First Steps I Should Take at 17 Years Old?

[Jared Dewey]

I'm a 17 year old looking to avoid the typical route of going to college and getting a 9-5, In the last 6 months I've tried a multitude of things. I started out just researching a lot of "side hustles" and different online businesses and went with copy writing and tried to go the freelance route, in that process I ended up taking a job on Up Work that led me to be an email marketer on a commission basis for a company with virtually 0 success, but I saw it as an opportunity and in the process I made a whole 0 dollars! After leaving that position, I most definitely did learn some things but realized I wasted a lot of my time. I pivoted into SMMA as it seemed like everyone was getting rich at a young age using this business model, so I went for it but in the process I kind of realized that this "service" I was trying to sell really wouldn't be something I myself would buy if I was in the place of the consumer. I partially believe this is why I never really had any success in this business, there was no burning passion for creating this business as I myself didn't believe in it . Deep down I knew from the beginning I knew I wanted to later on invest my money into real estate so I ditched the SMMA thing to pursue real estate (just a day ago). I found the BiggerPockets podcast on YouTube and now I'm here. Most recommend inexperience young individuals to pursue bird dogging as a way to gain experience as well as make a little bit of money. If you were in my shoes 17 years old, you have to make some money in 2 weeks (not a lot but enough to outpace a $12 dollar hr job), what would you do? I know easy money doesn't exist, but according to MJ Demarco fast money does. Let me know.