New prospective investor trying to learn for my situation

[George Drexel]

I am currently residing just outside of Jacksonville, FL. Purchased a home in February with the VA loan. Determined to find some way to pay off debt quicker and become financially free I decided to read some books and get into multiple forms of investing. I'm now deeply interested in real estate and I am curious what I can do for my particular situation? I don't have a lot of cash savings and I just utilized my VA loan, thinking heavily of buying out-of-state. However I'm willing to purchase near myself if there's any good areas and I will do repairs myself if needed. I keep seeing all these strategies of little-to-no money down purchases, what do you guys recommend?