New to real estate looking to learn as much I can

[John Derbyshire]

Hello,

I am currently 21 years old making around $50k per year. I am able to comfortably save 50 percent of my income for investing, while I am young I would like to start learning about real estate and how it could potentially lead to financial independence in the next 10, 20 or even 30 years. Particularly I'm interested in house hacking. I have seen all of the YouTube videos about "How to retire by 30" but they all seem way too good to be true. I appreciate any and all help this post receives. 

Thank you.