What got you into real estate, your story? Attend School?

[Omar Monsalvo]

Hello, my name is Omar Monsalvo and I live in Southern California. I just wanted to share my story and hoping you can share yours.

I am 18 and currently attend University of California, Irvine and am studying Civil Engineering with specialization in Structures. Not sure if I want to focus on structures relating to aerospace or residential buildings (which would help me in my REI career).

I found interest in personal finance and investing this past summer so I began reading about stocks/bonds/mutual funds etc but I always found more interesting Real Estate because so I started educating myself this past week.

My plan is to graduate college and save 15% of my annual salary for index funds and 20% for my REI career by living below my means.

My goal is to save 10k this year as an emergency fund. Then I will start saving for my first property the following years. I plan to buy and rent properties. This plan is really vague but it’s the ground work I have so far. Anything should I do different? How can I learn more about where to invest? Should I minor in anything to give me more knowledge? Please feel free to share your story too.

Thank you in advance.