I feel like I achieved something :)  Thank you for those of you who answered my question and gave me confidence.

Within his witticisms is actually a great deal of first hand experience, even wisdom.

In the meantime you can try to learn as much as you can about real estate investing and figure out what your strategy will be to achieve your goal.

I am currently 19, and attending college but I seek more in life as I have certain goals I want to achieve.

Not short term...long term...with an actual number with a "$" in front.2 - Work your way backwards (reverse engineer) from step #1 by breaking down Step #1 into smaller mini steps...I like to call them "achievable measurable milestones".3 - Define the financial criteria, as in "how much profit" or  "cash flow" must you get at each of your Milestones.4 - Go find the micro-markets where the property profiles align with each of the different criteria from Step #3...they will be different profiles since the criteria will be different.5 - Decide on the best strategy, or strategies, that will achieve each Milestone.6 - Run a practice/test using actual properties...as if you were doing it for real.7 - Now...do it for real.

A couple of thing I am working on to achieve my first purchase: I am looking at 2 strategies (BRRR or just raising my own capital), which would be better ?

I’m very hands on and would love to learn first hand how things work.

I’ve seen this many times first hand and I’ve been the guy to go in and fix it (redoing just about everything).

-Write a personalized letter to send with your offers; tell the sellers about your family and your goals in life, how this property will help you achieve those goals.

(NorCal), My goal is to achieve financial freedom, I like piping hot coffee and long walks to the pantry.