New member in Sacramento, CA

[Alicia Busse]

Hi everyone! 

I'm new to the real estate world but I am hungry for knowledge and to network and learn from some incredible people who have been successful in real estate. For the last 3 months I have just been diving into different resources from books to online articles to podcasts (which is where I found BiggerPockets) and even meeting with a few people who I knew were in real estate to see where they got their start and what my next steps should be. 

My current career is in tech marketing and I love it but I am not a 9-5 cubicle type person AT ALL. I am creative, love to explore and people fascinate me. So basically I'm looking for financial freedom and a brighter future and to get out of the broke mindset that so many people around me have. 

My first question to this is obviously "where should I start??" I've gotten many opinions on this but I want to hear from the community. Did you all spend a lot of time researching about how to do things properly or did you just jump right in and buy a fixer-upper, fix it yourself and start learning? 

Thanks!!