New here and to real estate

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I have recently been looking in to real estate investing because it had peaked my interest. I think it would be something very opportunistic to get involved in especially at the young age I am. I was locally looking around for real estate investing groups in my hometown and came across renatus. Decided to find out how legit they are which brought me to this website which allowed me to read forums on here and I decided I wanted to get involved with Bigger pockets so here I am. My question here is, where is a good place for me to start REI, and does anyone have suggestions on legit REI education or schooling or would it be safe for me to just gather up all the knowledge I can reading through forums and the e-book provided? I want to know how I can get my start in REI and I want to say thank you ahead of time and also I am very excited to start a new step here!