19 y/o with goals yet can't get funding for deal. What do I do?

[Christopher Valerio]

I'm 19 and I've have been working as a real estate agent for over a year now. I've done a bunch of research, read books, worked with investors on flips, etc. for months now and I feel as though I'm ready to start with my first investment property. The problem is finding the deal. The moment the question of age comes around, everything gets turned down. What do I do? Where do I go? Or who do I work with to get this started? It's not a question of drive because the drive to succeed is there... Funding is the problem, especially here on Long Island, NY.