Can I get started now before it's too late?

[Christopher Lee]

Hey everyone, I've just been thinking about my situation. Almost 20 years old, in the middle of college, and I really want to use Real Estate as my tool to financial independence.

Now I'm not asking for intro to Real Estate material or anything. I already pretty much know what I want to do: Buy & Hold, In-state for first few properties, house hack my first place, etc. I'm more curious about what I should do now to jump in. I just don't want to be that guy that had everything planned out for after college, and then come to find out that the house market has flipped on itself, loans are hard to obtain, and have higher rates,etc. 

So is there anything that I can do that will allow me to take advantage of this great time before it runs out? Or am I just crazy and I'll be fine in 3-4 years?

Thanks.