It's going to be tough to buy a property without steady W2 income.  8k is a good start, but you might need to keep saving.  

So many strategies available to you to start out with, a big part of it depends on if you are looking to be hands on or continuing to pursue other opportunities at the same time. 

Key is to not grow to fast and have $ set aside as it's never as fast or profitable as you think when getting started where in Texas are you looking to be a GC?

Live under your means and start thinking about investing in Real Estate.In your position the thought of finding a duplex to house hack, live in one side and rent the other. 

Go to GET STARTED > EVENTS AND MEETUPS at the top of your screen.

But We plan to build a deck on the land to start and then make it an easy place to camp on the land.

The next 2 offers started a bidding war I got over asking with inspection for information only . 

Hi I’m just starting out on this journey.

Each of your homes will start at a lower cost basis and you will get slightly less depreciation each year to offset but you have spread that depreciation over multiple properties so now selling any one property will result in less impact on taxes than just selling your first without a 1031. 

Have they started building yet?