I believe it will be enlightening and will provide some clarity to my post.By the way I am retired on RE investing (actually i have made enough money in 3 different sources for most people to retire on any one of them). 

Its a great way to get yourself into the RE investing game.

The value of the info he provided cannot be understated.Residential RE is more challenging then a few years ago, but there are a lot of ways to make money in RE.  

I would suggest finishing school, working as a part time agent while you are at school, saving commissions for investing, and working with a team that focuses on investing as opposed to residential sales.There are also local meet ups every month. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

@Rene Hosman You can read about H.S.A. investing in my new BP book - Self-Directed IRA Investing: A BiggerPockets Guide - www.BiggerPockets.com/SDIRA

When I started investing there was no Redfin, there was no Zillow, there was no Realtor.

Quote from @Kyle Kline: Hello,I am curious if anybody has experience using short note investing to raise funds for an investment property down payment.

To have a chance for success in any particular investment type, the investor needs to understand the fundamentals related to that type of investment.