New investor looking for advice on where to start

[Noni Ifyefobi]

Hi everyone, my name is Noni Ifyefobi and im looking to introduce my self to the BP community after lurking for so many months. I’ve recently graduated from UC Berkeley this May and have completed my real estate course work through the duration of the COVID-19 shutdowns and am waiting on a test date from the DRE. I live in Sacramento California and want to begin wholesaling virtually because of the crowded California market but I also want to try a buying and holding strategy because values in California always steadily rise. I’m open to any and all advice of what big first steps should be and what you did as your first step when you get you were truly “ready” to invest