newbs from Murrieta California, interested in flipping homes and buy and hold

[Matt Paone]

hello BP community.

first off, this is an amazing website! ive learned alot just in the past few days! so about myself, ive been building, remodeling, renovating houses for about the last 8 years and ive realized its time to use my skills to benefit myself.(instead of making my bosses money)

im interested in flipping homes and eventually buy and hold. bought my first personal house a year an half ago, it was a short sale and ive remodeled the whole house myself on my spare time. presently im saving money towards my first investment purchase.

well my question is where should i start? should i save the 20% to put down on a rental? find some partners and go in on a flip??? im new to real estate side of things so anything helps!!

thanks

Matt