The exit strategy is location, sellers fail to disclose some high ticket repair item like a crumbing foundation.

I walked the house and the big item tickets were checked off.  

I did not get ticket yet as I was going to see if I can get a DEAL somehow.  

That's a ticket to failure. 

I am looking for advice on what I can do while I am younger to make myself better prepared for investing in the future, because the last thing that I want to do is graduate college and find myself utterly unprepared for anything (granted, I will be unprepared for many things, but the goal here is to be prepared for as much as possible.)I don't spend much, for the most part I put gas in my parents' Prius every now and then and I buy the occasional movie ticket or candy bar - but I save most of my paycheck.So, my biggest question is, what can I do to set myself up for success?

Pay a few hundred dollars for plane tickets, car rental, etc.?

I receive a ticket from the City just last week about the lead and I asked R.R.why they diverted my fund and attention to issues that could wait for a couple of weeks vs the lead mitigation that had a cut off date by the state.

I just received a $500 ticket in the mail for one of my properties in Detroit.  

A couple of things to keep in mind as you're devouring information:1) Don't get sucked into high priced ticket items with gurus.

That's a fairly high ticket sale.