New to real estate

[Chandra Hendrickson]

Hey everyone, 

I am completely new to real estate, but I have been reading about it for a few weeks and working a little with my brother, who is also completely new to real estate and is looking to buy a multi-family unit home. I just graduated from the University of Michigan (debt-free), a month ago and am currently taking a gap year, where I will be taking calculus III and linear algebra at a local community college, with the hopes of getting into a biostatistics master's program at the University of Michigan. Right now I am getting ready to work at my local hospital as a scribe for near minimum wage and I am currently living at home with my parents. What advice would someone with experience give to someone like myself who is brand new to real estate, but who is wholeheartedly interested and eager to get involved in some capacity and has a goal of eventually getting into small multi-unit family properties?