New young investor

[Clayton Bott]

Hey guys, I'm 26 years old and from rural Kansas. I grew up on a large family farm that I still have ties to this day. I now work as an consultant to other farmers assisting them in production. Now that you know a little about me I've recently been interested in off farm investments, whether it be real estate or stocks or anything, I want to have my cash working for me. I have over $100k cash saved that is doing nothing in the bank. If I would get into real estate I've been looking at college towns such as Lincoln Nebraska and Manhattan Kansas. The only thing is I have zero time to rebuild properties or do much managing on them. Do I go about finding partners to cover this part of it? What should i be looking for in real estate properties? Should I be leaning more to DFA funds or index funds instead of real estate. Just needing some direction on how to start. Thanks!