Hey from an 18 year-old from SoCal!

[Radhika M.]

Hey everyone,

I'm an 18 year old looking to get started in real estate investing. I have a degenerative eye disease that means the career ladder won't really work out for me down the line. 

I've managed to save $10,000 to begin investing in real estate and am really happy I came across BiggerPockets -- I was completely lost just looking on sites like Forbes and Entrepreneur.

So, with my $10k, a car, and my efforts, I hope to be able to get $1.5k in pure profit a month within 2 months. Whether that's through renting, buying-and-selling, or maybe AirBnB, I don't know!

Eventually -- I hope to have property across the country (and world?). I'm an aspiring traveler, so I really hope that if I work really hard, I can fund my travel lifestyle through real estate.

So, I'm considering starting with foreclosed homes. Is that a smart idea? Are there any repercussions I need to know about? Any good advice?

Thanks for the no-sales, no-sleaze, no-bs nature of this community!