18 Year Old Investor

[Casey Hunter]

My name is Casey Hunter. I'm 18 years old and live in Wake Forest, NC. I am very interested in getting into real estate investing. I want to start building my real estate portfolio as soon as I can. I am planning on purchasing my very first investment property around this time next year. I work 60-70 hours a week and am currently taking online courses getting my associates degree in Network and Security in IT. I have talked to lenders and have a good possibility of being able to get a mortgage loan next year. I have talked to one investor I know personally and he recommended me to live at home rent free for as long as I can and purchase a commercial property renting it out and hold off on a single family home til I decide to move out of parents house. I am looking for any tips anyone may have for a young investor. I will have around 25k in the bank when I am ready to purchase first property. I was also thinking of buying a cheaper fixxer upper property and do a flip and hold technique and rent the property out in the future. I plan on holding on to each and every property I buy. If you have any tips or suggestions for me I would love to hear them. If you got this far, thank you for taking your time to read this. 

Casey Hunter