And make sure you have a comprehensive understanding of all the benefits that your service to the country will afford you, to include the VA loan that you're eligible for that may very well be what you use to get started as an investor.

(I have a spam email address that I put into all squeeze pages that offer me something I'm interested in but don't want clogging up my main email) You will find one of the most comprehensive beginners course in those pages that are still relevant to this day.That being said, had I not found a mentor, or more truly had a mentor not found me, I might not have made it to this point.I have said it before and I'll say it again, this is truly one industry that needs to go back to the tradesman/apprentice scenario.

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My thought is to have a PLAN based firmly in your abilities and a comprehensive understanding of your markets. 

Right now you really want to focus on enhancing your human capital ( and college) but along the way, like summers and down time, I would really read all you can on real estate strategies (be it flips or buy and holds) and even think about some hands on work if you have access (relatives in the industry, summer jobs, etc) to an opportunity (even as a laborer on a crew)..

A website will not enhance your REI profitability one dime.

(Btw, Though I truly feel that carlton's course is one of the most comprehensive beginners course, he was still guilty of the gurus dirty little secret.

It's all part of a good, comprehensive screening process.

Its about using the leverage to enhance the returns on the exact same real estate investments.

I put together one of my own, but it is not as comprehensive as the one you describe.