21y/o new to realestate. From Long island

[Nicholas Neto]

It's nice to finally speak on here after lurking for about a year. I wanted to be educated enough before I made an account and contributed, so I waited while reading several books on REI I am currently finishing college for an engineering degree (no debt). And am currently working 2 jobs, saving about 50% of what I make. My hope is to learn enough in the next 2 years on this site while continuing to read books, analyze deals, built credit, and save money. This is in hopes that when I graduate in 2 years, I can invest in my first property. I am a little torn that the housing market on Long island is so expensive, and would hate to move out of state to invest because my family's here, I also am not too keen on investing out of state.

Thank you all for being such a great community, I appreciate any advice that can be given on what else I should be doing in this learning phase of my RE career.