The PE investment feeding frenzy that started up 15 years ago as TOH parks started getting gobbled up is starting to slow as supply tightens. 

As LTR was getting harder 2018-2020 STR became the new thing everyone started chasing.

You have a great schedule for real estate having a day or two here and there to devote to REI is perfect to start building your REI portfolio.

I started as an electrical engineer, but the entrepreneurial fire inside me couldn’t be ignored.

I found a lender and started the refi process. 

Several years prior to Covid I got my finances in order to start investing.

While you're starting off, its not necessary.

Both are enough for a newbie to get started, but neither is particularly good.

You can probably start the education process at 17, then apply for your license once you turn 18.

Raising money is all about marketing and sales (not real estate specific) so either hire marketing agency and read sales books, or hop on some LinkedIn courses on marketing and sales.Not sure the legal structure to use: talk to accountants and attorneys.Need deal flow: talk to brokers and go to a lot of networking events.Lending terms: start calling banks and loan brokers.From there, it is all risk mitigation.