Larger companies also began investing in Waco.

I will be making $55-$60/h by the time I’m certified at 21/22.I am also looking into side hustles to increase my income such as flipping cars, reselling etc.As of right now I have around 8k saved, and 5k invested in stocks.Obviously I cannot buy a property with just a few grand right now, but basically I just want to ask for any advice or tips you would give to me or your younger self when you started.I usually listen to audio books on personal finance and business while working instead of music to further my knowledge.Any sort of advice is welcome, books, podcasts, methods to learn about.

@Corey Block You may want to talk to a few companies who do this sort of thing in your area.

I suspect anyone telling you that you need to tap into underground markets is trying to sell you a marketing scheme of some sort.

It is perhaps my favorite meetup that is not associated with a larger group (such as SDRE, NSDRE, SDCRE).For the most part the lenders only lend on non owner occupied ADU, at low percentage of ADU addition costs because they know that usually the value extract will be significantly less than the ADU addition costs.  

All sorts of folks.

You sort of noted in your opening comment: a track record IN REAL ESTATE, should be measured in decades, not years.  

The larger your portfolio grows, the better systems are. 

If you don't allow someone to access the property when they paid to do so, that sort of thing.Negligence is when you don't make a repair and someone is injured.

If you are thinking of just buying and holding one larger asset (or a few smaller ones), you could take out mortgages against the three properties and use that money as down payments towards new assets.