New to Bigger Pockets from Las Vegas, Nevada.

[Mason Marin]

Hello BiggerPockets community. I am new to these forums but excited to be here as I see there is a ton of quality information on this website for learning about real estate investing. A little about myself I am 23 years old living in Las Vegas, NV. I currently work as a Mailman with USPS. I never thought about being an investor until this past year in my life and have decided it is a necessity. 

Some of my goals are -

Buy my first property within 12 months. (House Hack or rental property I don't know, maybe even a flip to raise capital?) 

5 year goals - Acquire 10 units with positive cash flow.

10 year goals - Have enough residual income to choose to work or not to work. 

I currently struggle with deciding what to major in college or to not get a degree at all. I only have around 24 credits but have been going part time. The reason I would want a college degree would be to get a more "enjoyable" career to use those earnings to invest into real estate. Problems I see with this is paying for college myself, while trying to save money for investments. This seems kind of counter productive but could be better for my future in the long run. My other idea is to stay with the post office and work on getting my realtor license. This would be to start working as a real estate agent part time as I start to learn this business and network with people in the business. Tell everyone I am an investor and constantly seek people who are more successful than myself who are in the business. I currently live with my parents and am saving all my earnings so I can invest in my first property. I hate living at home and would love to just go get an apartment but I don't want to throw away the money and I have been saving enough for a conventional loan.

I know I have a lot of ideas running through my head and it is hard to make a decision on where to start because I don't know what the best path is. I hope on bigger pockets to learn from others, and get advice from people who are already doing what I want to do. I also hope to gain some clarity in my strategy and start applying and taking action on the things I have learned rather that sitting around forever.

Looking forward to networking with everyone here! :)

-Mason Marin