Advice for a complete newbie?

[Blake C.]

Hey everyone, my name is Blake and I have been interested in investing in real estate for a few years now.  Although I have been looking at houses and apartments for sale for years, I only recently got serious about learning everything about the business over the passed few months.  I've been reading books and watching videos about real estate investing trying to learn as much as possible to help me get my first rental property and I just joined bigger pockets yesterday after finding out about all of the resources it has.  My question would just be for any experienced investor: What advice would you give me, being a young college student just learning about the business and trying to get started?