Newbie looking for advice on where to start

[Jalen Calvin]

I don’t know where to start hopefully someone can help me out possibly a long term mentor

[Charles Willie Harris]

Jalen, where do you live?

I'd recommend joining and attending a local Real Estate Investing group and start networking and talking to other investors in your city. Find out what they buy, why they buy. What type of investments are working for them the most in their area. Take them out for coffee and pick their brains. Try to become their friends and learn from their experiences as buyers so that you can find ways to understand how your local market operates.