I am currently 19 years old in my second year of university studying Finance with the interest of pursuing real estate investing and financial freedom. 

You need to have a solid financial foundation to be successful in real estate, so I would suggest working towards that goal, and then pursuing REI.

Even then you might still want to pursue it to at least get a judgement on their record.

As a newbie in investing I would pursue the Buy and rehab/remodel of an existing apartment complex  because building on an vacant lot with no experience as a newbie is going to be very hard to obtain financing with most commercial lenders.Building a property from the ground up on a vacant lot/land is called a "Ground Up Construction Loan" and most commercial lenders will not do this unless you can show and prove that you have done several ground up construction deals within the last 24 to 36 months. 

Hello BP Members,I live in Broomfield, CO (15 min north of Denver) and I have owned a duplex in Englewood, CO for 15 years and recently sold it in order to pursue a 1031 Exchange into a mobile home park out of state.

My question is this, since the tenant only had a $300 damage deposit how aggressively should we pursue this tenant to recoup some of the cost of repairing the damage?

In terms of the books recommendations, I think you need to determine first what niche of RE investing you want to pursue then I can make some recommendations.Good luck!

My question is this: would it be worth it to pursue a "subject to" or seller financing deal since we don't have the money to fund a down payment?

What are some strategies that seasoned investors would advise me to pursue?

As a side note - if you do pursue this property, make sure to do your due diligence on what the actual lease terms are for the current