20 Yrs old getting into real estate! Any Advise?

[Justin Triplett]

Hello BP Community,

I am currently 20 years old, still in college studying business management but have had an interest in real estate for several years now. I have been following BP for a while and been invested in Youtube videos about all the different aspects of real estate. I currently live in Chicago, IL but in the next 5+ years would like to more somewhere in Texas (Maybe around Dallas). I have been watching every penny I spend and saving everything in order to invest when I have enough. I just would like to hear/learn from experienced investors!!. For the past couple of weeks, I have been analyzing properties using BP calculators and trying to best understand the Texas market. If anyone would be kind enough to share some tips for a newbie and how to best manage money (House hacking?) or getting into my first deal and growing exponentially not linearly it would be greatly appreciated. This community is awesome and full of such intelligent people, I wish I could shadow everyone!  

Thanks!