We're waiting to buy our first property until after our wedding in September, so I want to spend the next few months learning as much as I can and meeting people through Bigger Pockets.

I deal with the tenants-- take phone calls, screen applicants, show apartments, collect rent, deal with maintenance issues (scheduling and hiring), find properties, market properties, plan renovations, buy renovation materials, assist with renovations and do bookkeeping for rent collections. 

Despite this, I'm a bit ahead of the curve and am looking for guidance as to where to go next.Currently, I work for a luxury brokerage out of San Diego as an assistant to a top producer providing marketing and management of all digital platforms; I received this opportunity through DMing multiple agents on Instagram hoping to get a job after my return from a study abroad as a way to learn about real estate.

I spend a ton of time looking at properties, too.

If I decide later to start a construction business (actively building and selling new spec houses), assuming this is taxed as ordinary income with social security, etc and treating the homes as inventory - if you build a house, then sell it, then spend that money building a second one, but don't sell it until the next year, then sell it, then build another, can you effectively push off the taxes as you are rolling the sale proceeds into new inventory costs / construction costs? 

Thanks for your input guys, it’s a big project for it being my first but I’m willing to take it on, the income potential is there and I can’t pass it up... the funds I can get, just want an idea of what I will be spending..

So, I see two options for you:Find yourself an adult relative or acquaintance who knows you well to assist you on your great investment adventure, or;Spend the next two years here on BP and elsewhere absorbing everything you can about real estate investment, and then hit the ground running the second you turn 18.Either way, you're bound to learn a ton and experience outrageous personal growth!

@Jackson PontslerFacebook ads is the way to go... if you need some guidance I will be happy to assist

Thank you in advance for your assistance and recommendations.

Ignore everything from him and respond only to things from a lawyer he (will never spend the money to) hires.