17 year old preparing to invest in real estate when 18.

[Adrian S.]

Hello! I am currently 17 and am looking for some advice or knowledge pertaining to investment strategies. I live in St. Louis MO with my parents currently and will be going to WashU in STL next fall (full ride). I have a part-time job and about $20-23/hr (tipped pay) and work 25-30 hrs a week making about  about 2-2.5k a month. I have no debt, and very few monthly expenses since I still live with my parents. I can save most of my income and have learned to budget pretty well. I have $16k from a car flipping business and am looking to use it to get into the industry. I plan to intentionally and carefully build my credit score as fast as possible as soon as I turn 18. I was wondering what would be the best way to learn as much as possible about the industry, whether its getting my real estate license and working as a realtor or being an assistant in some real estate office. Also I was wondering if any of you had some advice or start up strategies to avoid or investigate. I turn 18 soon, which makes me legally able to do a lot more under my name. Any help would be greatly appreciated!