Building savings for a beginner: what to do, what not to do?

[Devin Thomas]

Hello Biggerpockets community. While sitting in a coffee shop today and reading the beginners guide to investing in real estate,  I read through the section on the real estate niches. One of the ways to invest in real estate noted in this section was investing in private notes. I got to thinking that this could potentially be a decent way for someone like myself with limited funding to build more savings to invest into larger projects and really get the ball rolling. Is this a good or bad thought? anybody have other tips that they potentially utilized as a beginner with limited funds starting? Of course there's utilizing OPM, your current careers income, etc; but has anyone used anything a little more creative? let me know. open to all thoughts and discussions.

-Devin Thomas