Thank you Corin Prendiville, for your advice.
On the subject of finding a job that pays better than 25k, I've been working with my dad trying to work for the company he works for that would pay me 40k+ it's a cad designing job basically drafting. I mostly was looking at that because he said " I could walk right in to it." But apparently not. I've been waiting for months and nothing has happened.
I was planning to look in to a property manager job after the holidays. I have some experience in property managing, I didnt mention my parents have owned a rent house for most of my life, so I've gotten a small taste of what it is like managing and fixing things as well as small renovations between tenants. I know it's not all I need to know, there's still so much more I have to learn and I know that.
As far as creative finance strategies involving " one party taking advantage of another" I don't see it that way. Im sure there are a lot of people who have a price in there head of what they think their property is worth. And they have everyone else coming to them offering them 10k-30k less than what they should be getting, because they have to consider closing costs and financing. But with these strategies, that money you will be paying anyway will be going in the sellers pocket instead of all these other people. So in effect, I may end up paying the same either way but the seller is happy because they get the price they want and I'm happy because I don't have to deal with paying all these closing costs, making a large down payment, and applying for a mortgage. I'm sure there are people trying to take advantage of everybody, they are just going to be no matter what you do.
What's most important to me right now is starting something, even if I don't get a deal for months or if no apartment owner will let me sublease. I won't be mad about it because I tried and if I realize then that I need more experience, or maybe more connections, that's fine. As some of the biggest names in this community say all the time " You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" (Wayne Gretzky) I just want to take that shot, and if I miss I didn't loose anything. I just don't want to waste even another year of my life getting ready for something I could do now. I know it's harder and maybe even impossible, I'm not going to just quit my job and hope this works. But If it doesn't work out I'll know what I need to do to make it work.
I'm 20 years old I think I have time to miss a couple shots that I can learn from. I know this is what I want to do, no matter what it takes. I refuse to waste my entire life working for someone else. I want to live my life how I want, working for myself. Time is my most valuable asset, we all only have a limited supply of it, we can't extend it and we can very easily waste so much of it. I don't care about the money, I care about the use of the most valuable asset, time.
What I'm getting at is that I know your right, I'm not disagreeing with you, but if I make a mistake I can learn from, it will help me more than if I never try at all.
Thank you again for your advice, I will consider everything you said and I'm sure it will help if this doesn't work out like I hope. and even if it does work out, I'm sure it will help me with something else.
