New and trying to get started

[Nick Cikity]

I'll try to keep it brief. I'm 30, spent most of my younger years in active drug addiction and ended up getting arrested and charged with a couple felonies. I've since gotten clean and been trying to play catch up for the years I wasted. Real estate has always peeked my curiosity and more recently I found bigger pockets and have been listening to podcasts every chance I get. Purchased a couple of their books and a few others as well. Basically I want to get into this the right way and I'm a little impatient. I don't even have the necessary funds if I even knew how to find a deal and not to mention as soon as I let my closest friends know what I'm looking at doing I'm met with doubt at laughter. Where do I go from here? Just keep reading and learning more? REIA meetups? Tell myself to slow down a bit? Guess I'm just looking for reassurance because this can get very overwhelming for a newbie.