How does a 20 y/o newbie provide seasoned investors value?

[Bart Bielski]

Hello all,

I've been listening to the bp podcast for about 2 years now, essentially just for entertainment and an understanding of REI. However, recently Ive decided to try and take more actionable steps to get involved in the industry. Beginning with signing up on bp, joining wholesale list and analyzing deals, and the next step would be to get out and begin networking. Now, I believe these are great steps i'm taking in order to become more involved however, if I want to seriously get involved in REI I need to find a way to get directly more involved in deals. With that said there are two obstacles preventing me from doing so:

1) An Overall Inexperience in REI

2) No funds to fund deals (Obviously 20 y/o college student)

So this essentially means I need to get creative and find other ways to provide value to other investors in order to get involved. So I've came up with two ideas so far to get involved:

1) Driving for dollars finding deals.

2) Considering my experience working summers for various contractors perhaps I can become a sub contractor and help other investors with their rehab projects.

What other ways could I get involved? Or better yet, what skills do you guys as investors see a lack of in the industry that maybe I can focus on, and provide value in that way? 

Thanks,

Bart B