Looking for recommendations of a simple book or straight forward (short) video that explains the benefits of real estate investing to a teenager.

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Hi everyone,My name is Ben. I am a 19 year-old from the greater Boston area attending Fairfield University in Connecticut. Like many of you, my dream is to own an empire of income-generating assets. After listening to...

There are two groups out of Dallas, That mentor students in how to purchase and run multifamily properties, that I would recommend because I have participated in some of their mentees' deals. 

We paid that off by living well below our means (still like college students) and just as we had saved enough to pay off 40k in debt, we saved enough to put down money to buy our rentals and the 10% downpayments HMLs want for rehabs. 

I paid off my student loans in 2 years.

Also, I think a really good way to learn about the various ways to participate in the RE market.  

There's absolutely no way for them to track it.NACA is not-for-profit and the funding is all provided by banks (Citibank and Bank of America right now) as part of their required participation in the Community Reinvestment Act.

@Brian Adams, I'm glad it worked out so we participate as investors in this project.  

If they can't participate in with you in this, just keep it to yourself.