I'm 51 and want to do real estate investing.

[Retha Sparks]

Hi everyone, I am 51 and I've always wanted to get into real estate, but I've been too busy making really bad financial decisions.

Now that I'm older, I'm thinking that I have no retirement, I'm in debt with student loans, and I now don't have a job because my skills aren't up to date.  I lost my home and everything I own in 2012 due to a tornado and ended up having to file for a chapter 13 to get my finances in a more manageable order.  I'm tired of being someone's administrative assistant.  I want something more out of life.  I've started taking a course to getting my real estate license and I'm hoping that will open the door to something bigger.  Since, no bank in their right mind would loan anyone money that is out of work, what can I do to get started?