Focus on your education, you have a life time to invest, it is not a race.Once you graduate and have a few years of employment, frugal life style and maximum savings you will be ready to take the plunge into high risk investing.

Now that I live in a market with some workable deals and have a better feel for the city, I feel like I'm ready to take the plunge. 

About to take the plunge into real estate investment.

Hi Guys,I have taken the plunge and started my direct mail campaign here in Miami.

I got started by taking the plunge investing by myself to establish myself as an investor.

That would be 78745 in your price range.East Austin, possibly, but I have looked many many times in east Austin and have never taken the plunge!

In other words, find a way to get stuck into the nitty gritty of sourcing, rehabbing and selling deals before taking the plunge with your own cash/debt and you are much more likely to make those margins from the first deal onwards.

I'm pretty confident you'll get a hang of it once you take the plunge.

If you are brave enough to take the plunge, look no further than @Brian Levredge if you end up liking Chattanooga. 

John Warren interesting indeed, I'll keep elevating and hopefully I make the plunge soon.