Quote from @Pranav Patel: Hello,I'm 22 years old with roughly $50k saved up through part time jobs and internships.

I will be starting an internship/co-op with 60k salary at the beginning of June after finishing my Junior year and will continue on for 15 months until August of 2026, in which I will then finish my senior year of classes back at Purdue 2026-2027.

Internships and apprenticeships are one route.

My education background is in computer science, mathematics and some corporate finance, as well as have some internship experience in the quantitative finance space.

I completed an internship in commercial real estate, and I also attended a couple of local REIA meetings/networking events before moving to Northern VA.I was able to narrow down potential strategies, and I figured both BRRR as well as wholesaling don't seem to be the best strategies for me.

This is where people fly in, this is where jobs and internships are, and it's central to the entire Triangle.

You could seek administrative roles, leasing assistant positions, or internships to learn the business paycheck.

I shadowed a few different agents through unpaid internships and learned that I did not like the real estate sales side.

It might take a couple of years for you to really be in a place to go on your own, but a mentorship, internship, or even just getting hired at a larger flipping company would be a huge value to you just getting into this all!  

If he has a heavy interest at 15/16 I would be curious if there is entry level or internships for him to get into, whether that's with a wholesaler, agent, property manager, etc.