Some advise for the new guy in the BP fam?

[Alex Peou]

Hello BP!!!!,

My name is Alex and after countless hours of researching and learning from this awesome site(thanks to all that contribute in making this site what it is), ive finally decided to make an introduction and ask for some guidance from the Mr. Myagis of the BP family.

I'm 22 years old, from ontario california working at verizon wireless and have come to the conclusion that its time for me to make a move in a different direction that i am currently in. I have about $20,000 saved, great credit and trying to figure out how to best put this money to use. problem is there are sooo many ways to invest and i really need some advise at this point. I've been looking into wholesaling as i think this would be the best way to get my feet wet and really LEARN all i can while making and saving as much cash as possible. Ultimately the goal is to have enough money to realistically get into the rehab/flip aspect of REI. I've also looked into purchasing a rental as i know i can probably get into a property a little bit easier than say purchasing a rehab property.

If you guys could go back in time towards the beginning of your REI journey and were in my shoes what would you do? Just looking for some direction and inspiration to take me to the next phase of my life and hopefully be contributing to this site as much as so many of you do.